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τοῦ δήμου καταχεῖν ἀρυταίνῃ πλουθυγίειαν.
The noun πλουθυγίειαν is a hapax legomenon in the Aristophanic corpus (and arguably in extant Attic literature outside this specific comic context), formed as a compound of πλοῦτος and ὑγίεια. While the semantic sense is transparent ('wealth and health'), the compound's construction is a deliberate comic neologism reflecting the demagogue's tendency to conflate material prosperity with physical well-being, a trope central to the play's satire of the 'health' of the state under the Paphlagonian's (Cleon's) rule. The accusative plural form functions as the direct object of the infinitive καταχεῖν, indicating the pouring of this compound concept over the demos.
Knights. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.