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πληθύω

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Gloss: to multiply

Transliteration: plēthuō

Strong’s: G20975

1. to be or become full , τινός of a thing, (Euripides):—; absolute, ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης, see. ἀγορά V.:—;of rivers, to swell, rise , (Herdotus Historicus):—;so in Mid., (Herdotus Historicus)
2. to increase in number, multiply , (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. to abound , τινί in a thing, (Sophocles Tragicus)
4. to be general, prevail , Lat. invalescere, of reports, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ὁ πληθύων χρόνος increasing time, age, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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