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νεόπλουτος

νεόπλουτος, newly become rich, upstart

νεό-πλουτος, ον,
  • newly become rich, opp. ἀρχαιόπλουτος (q.v.): hence, vainglorious, upstart, D. 17.23, cf. Arg. D. 17, Arist. Rh. 1387a23; οἰκέτης ν. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 20; ἀπελεύθερος ν. Plu. QConv. 2.634c; ν. δεῖπνα Id. Luc. 40: hence, by a comic metaph., ν. τρύξ, of a low upstart, Ar. V. 1309.

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