πλείων,
πλέων, ὁ, ἡ,
neuter πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν,
comparative of πολύς (on the forms see entry near the end),
more, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of
the majority, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον᾽ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν
greater than.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν πλείω λόγον all
further speech, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν.. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage
longer, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. βίος a
longer life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time,
longer, π. χρόνος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2 with
Article, οἱ πλέονες
the greater number, the mass or
crowd,[
Refs 8th c.BC+];
the people, opposed to the chief men, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; euphemistic of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην[
Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο
the greater part of.., [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opposed to τοῦ μετρίου, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II peculiar usages of
neuter:
II.1 as a Noun,
more, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is
more, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; to a
greater extent, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός
a higher degree of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρε; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the
excess which he reports, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ᾧ πλεῖον the
excess, probably in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πλέον ἔχειν to have
the advantage, have
the best of it, likeπλεονεκτέω, with
genitive, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. ποιεῖν
do some good, be successful, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no
superior knowledge, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί πλέο; what
more, i.e. what
good or
use is it? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ πλέον as
adverb,
more, further, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with
genitive,
beyond, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
to surpassing height in.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, see at περί [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2 as
adverb,
more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined
rather to the belief.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔλαττον
more or less, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; also τὸ π.,
Ionic dialect τὸ πλεῦν,
for the most part, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have
the larger share, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π., =μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not
so much.., as.., [
Refs]
II.2.b with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι variant in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+] P., but the rule is not universal,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (i.e. δραχμάς) [
Refs]; πλεῖν (πλεῖον codices) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἤ is frequently omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα variant in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years
more, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with number in
genitive, κώμας.. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας [
Refs]
II.2.c Comedy texts, πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι
more than to madness, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2.d plural πλείω used likeπλέον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2.e regular
adverb πλειόνως [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
B FORMS:
Epic dialect use πλείων or πλέων as metre requires, also
nominative and
accusative plural πλέες, πλέᾰς, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (so, with ι from ε, Cretan dialect πλίες, πλίας, [
Refs]; πλέας also
Aeolic dialect, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
dative plural πλεόνεσσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+] is
falsa lectio in [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late
Doric dialect, [
Refs 1st c.AD+];
Attic dialect Inscrr. have -ει- always before -ου- and -ω-, [
Refs]
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