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πλέθρον
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πλεῖν
πλεῖν
πλεῖος
πλειστάκις
πλείσταρχος
πλειστήρης
πλειστηρίζομαι
πλειστόμβροτος
πλεῖστος
πλείω
πλειών
πλείων
πλέκος
πλεκτανάομαι
πλεκτάνη
πλεκτή
πλεκτικός
πλεκτός
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πλεῖστος
πλεῖστοςηdial.ᾱονsuperl.adjπολύς ref. to amount, degree or intensity; of material or abstr. things, such as dust, wealth, gold, trouble, pleasure, punishmentmostvery much, greatestvery greatHom.of the practice of philosophystrongestin a particular placePl.of a person, their judgementmost strongly inclinedin a certain directionHdt.ref. to size; of a crowd, race, army, or sim.largestvery largeHom.pl.ref. to number; of persons, thingsmost or very manyHom.w.art.the largest numberHdt. sb.in same gender as gen.greatest partw.gen.of sthg.Th.neut.sb.greatest partof sthg.Hdt.πλεῖστον ἔχεινhave the greatest advantageTh. prep.phrs.εἰς πλεῖστονto the highest degree, mostS.ἐπὶ πλεῖστονto the highest degree, to the greatest extentsts. w.gen.of sthg.Hdt.ὡς ἐπὶ (τὸ) πλεῖστονfor the most partTh. Pl.κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστονfor the most partPlb.ref. to distanceδιὰ πλείστουfurthest offTh. ref. to value or worthπλείστου ἄξιοςor sim.most highly valuedHdt.περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαιor sim.regard most highlyHdt.of timelongestvery longHdt.prep.phrs.διὰ πλείστουfor the longest timeTh.ἐπὶ πλεῖστονfor a very long timeTh.advbl.acc.w.art.at mostAr. πλεῖστονneut.sg.superl.advto the greatest extentin the highest degree, mostvery muchIl.intensv., w.superl.adj.S. E.ref. to distancefurthest offTh. Pl. X. πλεῖσταneut.pl.superl.advto the greatest extentin the highest degree, mostvery muchS. E.most often, very many timesPi. S. Th.for the most partA.w.art.
τὰ πλεῖστα
for the most partPl.for the greatest partw.gen.of one's lifeS.

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most, largest

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πλεῖστος
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πλειστος
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32881
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-32882
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πλεῖστος

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