πλήθος (plíthos)

English: number

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderneuter
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About πλήθος

As a noun, πλήθος is of the neuter gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: πλή‧θος

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    a lot, large number, masses
  • noun:
    mob, crowd
  • noun:
    The masses
    Examples:
    • Synonym: μάζες (mázes)
  • noun:
    number
    Examples:
    • Tο πλήθος των επισκεπτών αυξάνει καθημερινά.To plíthos ton episkeptón afxánei kathimeriná.
    • The number of visitors is increasing daily.

Declension Table

neuter noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeπλήθοςπλήθη
genitiveπλήθουςπληθών
accusativeπλήθοςπλήθη
vocativeπλήθοςπλήθη

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how πλήθος appears in different grammatical contexts.

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