Plutus

/ ˈpluːtʊs /

noun

Origin of Plutus¹

from Greek ploutos wealth

He is Plutus in human guise; he is Wealth itself, essential and concrete.

Tis the greedy Plutus, with his purse full, who quotes smiling, human honesty!

Jericho and Plutus were in face and expression as like as two snakes.

No; Plutus was the god of riches, and was supposed to be the son of Jason and Ceres.

Plutus, the blustering giant, collapses at Virgil's rebuke; it is "as the sails sink, the mast being suddenly broken."

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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