πλῆθος
Alt. πλῆθος, ος, εος, τό,
Etym. πίμπλημι
I. "a great number, a throng, crowd, multitude", Il., Hdt., etc.
2. τὸ πλῆθος, "the greater number, the greater part, the mass, main body", Hdt., Xen., etc.:— "the majority, the people", like δῆμος, Lat. plebs, Hdt., attic: —also "the populace, mob", Xen.
II. "quantity or number", Hdt., attic; πλήθει παρόντες "in force", Thuc.: —absol. in acc., κόσοι πλῆθος Hdt.; πλῆθος ἀνάριθμοι Aesch.
III. "magnitude, size or extent", ὄρος πλήθεϊ μέγιστον Hdt.; πεδίον πλῆθος ἄπειρον id=Hdt., etc.
2. "quantity or amount", Thuc., Plat., etc.
IV. of Time, "length", Thuc., etc.
V. with Preps., or with ὡς, in adv. sense, ἐς πλ. "in great numbers", id=Thuc.: —ὡς πλήθει "upon the whole, in general", Plat.; so, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλ. "usually, mostly", Lat. ut plurimum, id=Plat.