πλεονάζω

πλεον-άζω (rarely [full] πλειονάζω, q.v.), [tense] fut. -άσω: [tense] pf.

A

πεπλεόνακα D.S.1.90

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.

-ασμαι Hp.Fract.7

, etc.: [tense] aor.

-άσθην Id.Art.47

: ([etym.] πλέον):—to be more, esp. to be more than enough, superfluous, opp. ἐλλείπειν, ὑπολείπειν, Arist.EN1106a31, Col.799a18; τὸ πλεονάζον the excess, PRev.Laws 57.13 (iii B. C.), LXXEx.26.12; π. παρά c. acc., to be in excess of . . , ib.Nu.3.46;

ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία Ep.Rom.5.20

; of animals, have more than the due number of limbs, opp. κολοβὰ γίνεσθαι, Arist.GA770b32; of visits, to be frequent, Plb.4.3.12; of the sea, encroach, Arist.Mete.351b6, cf. Plu.2.366b; πάθος defined as ὁρμὴ πλεονάζουσα, Zeno Stoic.1.50; εἰκασία ἐστὶ μεταφορὰ πλεονάζουσα simile is expanded metaphor, Demetr.Eloc. 80;

τὸ ς ¯ πλεονάσαν

used to excess,

D.H.Comp.14

: Gramm., to be redundant, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1012.21, etc.;

Ἀρίσταρχος οὐκ ἔλεγε πλεονάζειν τὸ ἄρθρον A.D.Synt.6.2

; also of letters, τὸ ε ¯ πλεονάζει (in ἑ-ώρων) Id.Pron.58.25; but π. τῷ ῑ to have an added [pron. full] ῑ (as in ἐμεῖο), ib. 38.20; cf. 111.6.

2 c. gen., exceed, opp. λείπω, Ptol.Geog.1.20.7: abs., τὸ -άζον ἔργον the extra work, PLille 1v.16 (iii B. C.); τοὺς -άζοντας τῶν ρκέ (sc. ἐρίφους) the odd 25 out of 125, PCair.Zen.422.7 (iii B. C.).

II of persons, go beyond bounds, take or claim too much, Isoc.2.33, 12.85, D.9.24, 39.14: c. dat., presume upon . . ,

εὐτυχίᾳ Th.1.120

; but

π. κυνηγεσίαις

go beyond bounds in . . ,

Str.11.5.1

; of a writer,

τοῖς ὀνόμασι π. Id.3.3.7

: abs., to be lengthy, tedious, Id.9.1.16, D.S.1.90, LXX2 Ma.2.32; περί τινος Parmenisc. ap. Ath.4.156d.

2 π. τινός have an excess of, abound in a thing, opp. ἐνδεὴς εἶναι, Arist.Pol.1257a33, cf. Epicur.Sent.4; but π. τοῦ καιροῦ exceed all bounds . . , of a writer, D.H.Comp.22.

III c. acc., state at a higher figure, Str.6.3.10:—[voice] Pass., to be magnified, exaggerated, [

νομίσειεν ἂν] ἔστιν ἃ πλεονάζεσθαι Th.2.35

, cf. Str.2.4.3; πεπλεόνασται has been overdone, opp. ἐνδεὲς πεποίηται, Hp.Fract.7, cf. Art.47.

2 make to increase,

τινὰς τῇ ἀγάπῃ 1 Ep.Thess.3.12

.

3 eat in too great quantity, τι Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356d, Dsc.4.75, 82 (all [voice] Pass.).

4 raise the price of, τι Aristid.1.170J.

5 [voice] Pass., to be deceived, prob. f.l. for πλεονεκτεῖσθαι, Stob.2.7.11m.

6 Gramm., use in addition or redundantly, εἰώθασιν οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὰ ἄρθρα πλεονάζειν Sch.Ar.Pl.5;

Αἰολεῖς πλεονάζουσιν ἕτερον σύμφωνον EM84.18

:—[voice] Pass., τὸ ῡ πλεοναζόμενον ψιλοῦται ib.440.12.

7 to be in excess of unity, partake of plurality, Procl.Inst.2.