πλεονεκτέω

πλεονεκτ-έω, [tense] fut.

A

-ήσω Th.4.62

, etc. (πλέον ἐκτήσεται shd. be read in Pl.La.192e):—Prose Verb, have or claim more than one's due, mostly in bad sense, to be greedy, grasping, Hdt.8.112, X.Mem.2.6.21, Pl.Grg.483c, etc.

2 also, gain or have some advantage, without any bad sense,

δυνάμει τινὶ π. Th.4.62

, cf. 86; opp. ἐλαττοῦσθαι, Arist.Rh.1360a3;

πολὺ ἐπλεονέκτει ὁ Πελοπίδας παρὰ τῷ Πέρσῃ X. HG7.1.34

: abs., Arist.Rh.1402b25, D.S.12.46;

π. ἀπὸ τῶν μὴ καθηκόντων Plb.6.56.2

: freq. with neut. Pron., π. ταῦτα, etc., Th.4.61, etc.

3 c. gen. rei, have or claim a larger share of than others,

τῶν ὠφελίμων Id.6.39

; τοῦ ἡλίου, τοῦ ψύχους, τῶν πόνων, X.Cyr.1.6.25, cf. Oec.7.26; δόξης, χάριτος, Arist.EN1136b22, 1137a1.

II c. gen. pers., have or gain the advantage over,

τῶν ἐχθρῶν Pl.R.362b

, cf. Hyp.Lyc.8, etc.;

παρά τινος X.Cyr.1.6.32

(v.l.);

παρ' ἀλλήλων Arist.Pol.1292b19

; τινι in a thing, X.Cyr.4.3.21, etc.;

κατά τι Pl. Euthphr.15a

;

περί τι Id.La.183a

; also π. τῶν νόμων gain at the expense of the laws, Id.Lg.691a; τῆς ὑμετέρας π. εὐηθείας take advantage of your simpleness, D.Prooem.24.

2 later c. acc. pers., get or have the advantage over, D.H.9.7, Plu.Marc.29, Luc.Am.27: usu. in bad sense, overreach, defraud,

πλεονεκτεῖν μηδένα Men.Mon.259

, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.4.6, 2 Ep.Cor.7.2, D.Chr.17.8, D.C.52.37: in early writers only [voice] Pass. in this sense,

ὑπό τινων X.Mem.3.5.2

; πλεονεκτεῖσθαι χιλίαις δραχμαῖς to be defrauded in or of 1,000 drachmae, D.41.25. In Th.1.77 πλεονεκτεῖσθαι is impers., to be an act of πλεονεξία.

3 [voice] Pass., to be surpassed, excelled, τινι Apollod.Poliorc.173.5.