πλείων1
πλείων,
πλέων,
ὁ,
ἡ, neut.
πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, Comp. of
πολύς (on the forms v. sub fin.),
A). more, of number, size, extent, etc.,
οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι Il. 13.739 ;
πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη Hes. Op. 380 ;
ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of
the majority, Th. 2.37 ;
πλέον’ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than .. ,
Pi. N. 7.21 ;
τὸν πλείω λόγον all
further speech,
S. Tr. 731 ;
ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει X. Cyr. 7.5.39 ;
πλείω τὸν πλοῦν .. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage
longer, Th. 8.39 ;
ὁ π. βίος a
longer life,
Pl. Ti. 75c ;
μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός Id. R. 435d , etc.; of Time,
longer, π. χρόνος Hdt. 9.111 ,
S. Ant. 74 ;
πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων Il. 10.252 .
2). with Art.,
οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or
crowd, 5.673 ,
Od. 2.277 ;
οἱ πλεῦνες Hdt. 1.106 , etc.: c. gen.,
τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν ib.
1 ;
the people, opp. the chief men,
Id. 7.149 ,
Th. 8.73 ,
89 , etc.; euphem. of the dead,
ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων Ar. Ec. 1073 ;
εὖτ’ ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων AP 11.42 (
Crin.);
ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην ib.
7.731 (
Leon.);
τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of .. ,
Il. 1.165 ;
ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opp.
τοῦ μετρίου, S. OC 1211 (lyr.);
τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται Th. 4.17 , cf.
92 .
II). pecul. usages of neut.:
1). as a Noun,
more, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου Hdt. 2.19 , etc.;
εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον Id. 1.89 ;
τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is
more, E. Supp. 158 (Musgr. for
τί δὲ ..); to a
greater extent,
Th. 1.90 ,
7.57 , etc.;
πλέον or
τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing,
τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει; S. OT 1189 (lyr.);
τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου Th. 1.118 , etc.; also
τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the
excess which he reports,
PCair.Zen. 661 (iii B.C.);
ᾧ πλεῖον the
excess, prob. in
PPetr. 2p.42 (iii B.C.), cf.
PCair.Zen. 742.26 (iii B. C.);
πλέον ἔχειν to have
the advantage, have
the best of it, like
πλεονεκτέω , c. gen.,
Hdt. 9.70 ,
Pl. R. 343d ,
349b , etc.;
τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν X. Cyr. 1.3.18 : more fully,
μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν Thgn. 606 ;
π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι Hdt. 8.29 ;
π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων And. 4.4 , etc.;
π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον Pl. Ap. 19a ;
οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, And. 1.149 ,
4.7 , cf.
Pl. Phd. 115c , etc.;
παραινοῦσ’ οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ S. OT 918 ;
οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις Ath. 8.344b ;
οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. E. Hipp. 284 ;
οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι Id. IA 1373 ,
And. 4.20 , etc.;
οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no
superior knowledge,
Pl. Tht. 161b ;
τί πλέον; what
more, i.e. what
good or
use is it?
Antipho 5.95 , etc.;
τί π. πλουτεῖν .. πάντων ἀποροῦντας; Ar. Pl. 531 ;
τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ’ ἄν; E. Hel. 322 ;
τί π. ἔστ’ εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν; Supp.Epigr. 1.567.1 (Karanis, iii B.C.), cf.
AP 7.261.1 (
Diotim.); also
οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν Lys. 19.4 (=
And. 1.7 ), cf.
D. 35.31 ;
ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε Isoc. 15.28 ;
οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται Pl. R. 341a ;
τί τὸ π.; Epigr.Gr. 306 a. 3 ;
ἐπὶ πλέον as Adv.,
more, further, Hdt. 2.171 ,
5.51 ,
Th. 6.54 ,
Pl. Phdr. 261b , etc.: c. gen.,
beyond, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας Th. 1.9 (but,
ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας to surpassing height in .. , Theoc. 1.20 ); also
ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος S. OC 1219 codd. (lyr.);
περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, v.
περί A. IV.
2). as Adv.,
more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined
rather to the belief .. ,
Hdt. 8.100 ;
οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; A. Pr. 41 ;
σέ .. τῶνδ’ ἐς πλέον σέβω S. OT 700 ;
ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον D. 18.125 ;
π. ἔλαττον more or less,
BGU 402.9 (vi A. D.),
IG 14.177 (Syracuse); also
τὸ π., Ion.
τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, Th. 1.81 , etc.;
αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have
the larger share,
Hdt. 3.52 ;
τὸ π., =
μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ Th. 1.9 , cf.
2.37 ;
ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not
so much .. , as .. , Id. 1.83 .
b). with Numerals,
τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας X. Cyr. 2.1.6 ;
οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων Is. 10.23 ;
ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι v.l. in
D. 24.141 (fort.
πλεῖν, v. infr.);
π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ X. Oec. 21.3 :—in this sense a short form
πλεῖν is used by Att. writers (cf. Moer.
p.294 P., but the rule is not universal, cf.
IG 22.657.25 (iii B. C.), etc.),
πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ’ ἡμέρας Ar. Ach. 858 ;
πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (sc.
δραχμάς)
Id. Eq. 444 ;
στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια Id. Av. 6 , cf.
Nu. 1041 ,
1065 , al.;
πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν Id. Lys. 589 ;
πλεῖν ἢ ’νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος Id. Ra. 18 , cf.
91 ;
πλεῖν (
πλεῖον codd.)
ἢ πέντε τάλαντα D. 21.173 ;
πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν Eub. 119.10 ;
ἤ is freq. omitted,
πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας Ar. Av. 1251 ;
ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα v.l. in
Pl. Ap. 17d ; but
δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years
more, Id. Lg. 932c ;
τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω X. HG 2.2.16 ;
λίθους .. ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον Id. Eq.Mag. 1.16 : with number in gen.,
κώμας .. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας Id. An. 3.2.34 , cf.
7.3.12 .
B). FORMS: Ep. use
πλείων or
πλέων as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl.
πλέες, πλέᾰς, Il. 2.129 ,
11.395 ,
Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.85 (so, with
ι from
ε, Cret.
πλίες, πλίας, Leg.Gort. 7.18 ,
24 ,
GDI 5125 B 8 , also
πλίαδ (
δὲ)
Leg.Gort. 7.29 ,
πλίανς ib.
5.54 ;
πλέας also Aeol.,
IG 12(2).1.9 (Mytil., iv B. C.)); dat. pl.
πλεόνεσσι Il. 13.739 (
πλεόνεσιν is f.l. in
Hdt. 7.224 ); Cret. also acc. sg. neut.
πλίον Leg.Gort. 1.37 , al., gen.
πλίονος ib.
2.39 , al., neut. pl.
πλίονα ib.
4.51 ,
πλία ib.
10.17 ; Aeol.
πλήων Hdn.Gr.
2.431 , also late Dor.,
IPE 12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D.); Att. Inscrr. have
-ει- always before
-ου- and
-ω-, IG 12.76.7 ,
22.657.25 ,
2498.22 , etc., but
-ε- and
-ει- before
-ο-, ib.
12.94.33 ,
40.3 ,
4 ,
22.2670.4 (but always
πλέον).
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πλείων</span>, <span class="orth greek">πλέων</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, neut. <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν,</span> Comp. of <span class="foreign greek">πολύς</span> (on the forms v. sub fin.), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more,</span> of number, size, extent, etc., <span class="quote greek">οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:739" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.739/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.739 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:380" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:380/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 380 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν</span> govern for the interest of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the majority,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.37 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πλέον’ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greater</span> than .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 7.21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸν πλείω λόγον</span> all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">further</span> speech, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:731" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:731/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 731 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.5.39 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πλείω τὸν πλοῦν .. ποιησάμενοι</span> having made the voyage <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">longer,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.39 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ π. βίος</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">longer</span> life, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:75c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:75c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 75c </a>; <span class="quote greek">μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:435d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:435d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 435d </a> , etc.; of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">longer,</span> <span class="quote greek">π. χρόνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.111 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 74 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:252" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.252/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.252 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> with Art., <span class="foreign greek">οἱ πλέονες</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the greater number, the mass</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crowd,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:673" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.673/canonical-url/"> 5.673 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.277/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.277 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἱ πλεῦνες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.106 </a> , etc.: c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the people,</span> opp. the chief men, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.149 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.73 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:89/canonical-url/"> 89 </a>, etc.; euphem. of the dead, <span class="quote greek">ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1073" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1073/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1073 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὖτ’ ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.42 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crin.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0154.tlg001:7:731" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0154.tlg001:7.731/canonical-url/"> 7.731 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the greater part</span> of .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.165 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">τοῦ μετρίου,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1211 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.17 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> 92 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> pecul. usages of neut.: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> as a Noun, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more,</span> <span class="quote greek">πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.19 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.89 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ δὲ π.</span> nay, what is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 158 </a> (Musgr. for <span class="foreign greek">τί δὲ ..</span>); to a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greater</span> extent, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.57/canonical-url/"> 7.57 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">πλέον</span> or <span class="foreign greek">τὸ πλέον τινός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a higher degree</span> of a thing, <span class="quote greek">τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1189/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1189 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.118 </a> , etc.; also <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">excess</span> which he reports, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 661 </span> (iii B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">ᾧ πλεῖον</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">excess,</span> prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 2p.42 </span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 742.26 </span> (iii B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">πλέον ἔχειν</span> to have <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the advantage,</span> have <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the best</span> of it, like <span class="ref greek">πλεονεκτέω</span> , c. gen., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.70 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:343d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:343d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 343d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:349b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:349b/canonical-url/"> 349b </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.3.18 </a> : more fully, <span class="quote greek">μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 606 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.29 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 4.4 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">π. ποιεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">do some good, be successful,</span> <span class="quote greek">βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 19a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.149 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> 4.7 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 115c </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">παραινοῦσ’ οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:918" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:918/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 918 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:344b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.344b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 8.344b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:284" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:284/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 284 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1373" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1373/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1373 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg004.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 4.20 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π.</span> have no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">superior</span> knowledge, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:161b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:161b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 161b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τί πλέον;</span> what <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more,</span> i.e. what <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">use</span> is it? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.95 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τί π. πλουτεῖν .. πάντων ἀποροῦντας;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:531" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:531/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 531 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ’ ἄν;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 322 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τί π. ἔστ’ εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν;</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span> 1.567.1 </span> (Karanis, iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.261.1 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diotim.</span></span>); also <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg019.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg019.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 19.4 </a> (= <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.7 </a>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg035.perseus-grc1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 35.31 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 15.28 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:341a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:341a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 341a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τί τὸ π.;</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 306 </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a.</span> <span class="bibl"> 3 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ πλέον</span> as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more, further,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.171 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.51/canonical-url/"> 5.51 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.54 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:261b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:261b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 261b </a>, etc.: c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beyond,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.9 </a> (but, <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to surpassing height in .. ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 1.20 </a> ); also <span class="quote greek">ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1219 </a> codd. (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι,</span> v. <span class="ref greek">περί</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> IV. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more, rather,</span> <span class="foreign greek">π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα</span> he inclined <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rather</span> to the belief .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.100 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 41 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σέ .. τῶνδ’ ἐς πλέον σέβω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:700" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:700/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 700 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.125 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἔλαττον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more</span> or less, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 402.9 </span> (vi A. D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.177 </span> (Syracuse); also <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π.,</span> Ion. <span class="foreign greek">τὸ πλεῦν,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for the most part,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.81 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι</span> have <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the larger</span> share, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.52 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ π.,</span> = <span class="ref greek">μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.9 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.37/canonical-url/"> 2.37 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">so much .. , as .. ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.83 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> with Numerals, <span class="quote greek">τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.1.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg0010:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg0010:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 10.23 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι</span> v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg024.perseus-grc1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg024.perseus-grc1:141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 24.141 </a> (fort. <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖν,</span> v. infr.); <span class="quote greek">π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 21.3 </a> :—in this sense a short form <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖν</span> is used by Att. writers (cf. Moer.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:p.294" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:p.294/canonical-url/"> p.294 </a> P., but the rule is not universal, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.657.25 </span> (iii B. C.), etc.), <span class="quote greek">πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ’ ἡμέρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:858" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:858/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 858 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">δραχμάς</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:444" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:444/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 444 </a>; <span class="quote greek">στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 6 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1041" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1041/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1041 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1065" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1065/canonical-url/"> 1065 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:589" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:589/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 589 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλεῖν ἢ ’νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 18 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:91/canonical-url/"> 91 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖν </span>(<span class="foreign greek">πλεῖον</span> codd.) <span class="quote greek">ἢ πέντε τάλαντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:173" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:173/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.173 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:119:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:119.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 119.10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἤ</span> is freq. omitted, <span class="quote greek">πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1251" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1251/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1251 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα</span> v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 17d </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι</span> for ten years <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:932c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:932c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 932c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 2.2.16 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λίθους .. ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.Mag.</span> 1.16 </a> : with number in gen., <span class="quote greek">κώμας .. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:2:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:2:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 3.2.34 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:7:3:12/canonical-url/"> 7.3.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> Com., <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more than to</span> madness, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 103 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:751" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:751/canonical-url/"> 751 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> pl. <span class="foreign greek">πλείω</span> used like <span class="ref greek">πλέον</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:417b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:417b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 417b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:213" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:213/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 23.213 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.81 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλέω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:868" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:868/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 868 </a> codd. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>e).</strong></span> regul. Adv. <span class="quote greek">πλειόνως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 7.4 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 17.1.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> FORMS: Ep. use <span class="foreign greek">πλείων</span> or <span class="foreign greek">πλέων</span> as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl. <span class="foreign greek">πλέες, πλέᾰς,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.129 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.395/canonical-url/"> 11.395 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.Oxy.</span> 2080.85 </span> (so, with <span class="itype greek">ι</span> from <span class="itype greek">ε,</span> Cret. <span class="foreign greek">πλίες, πλίας,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Leg.Gort.</span> 7.18 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 24 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 5125 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 8 </span>, also <span class="foreign greek">πλίαδ </span>(<span class="etym greek">δὲ</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Leg.Gort.</span> 7.29 </span>, <span class="foreign greek">πλίανς</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 5.54 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">πλέας</span> also Aeol., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(2).1.9 </span> (Mytil., iv B. C.)); dat. pl. <span class="quote greek">πλεόνεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:739" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.739/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.739 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">πλεόνεσιν</span> is f.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:224" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.224/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.224 </a>); Cret. also acc. sg. neut. <span class="quote greek">πλίον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Leg.Gort.</span> 1.37 </span> , al., gen. <span class="foreign greek">πλίονος</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 2.39 </span>, al., neut. pl. <span class="foreign greek">πλίονα</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 4.51 </span>, <span class="foreign greek">πλία</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 10.17 </span>; Aeol. <span class="orth greek">πλήων</span> Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl"> 2.431 </span>, also late Dor., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IPE</span> 12.79.18 </span> (Byzant., i A. D.); Att. Inscrr. have <span class="foreign greek">-ει-</span> always before <span class="foreign greek">-ου-</span> and <span class="foreign greek">-ω-,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.76.7 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 22.657.25 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 2498.22 </span>, etc., but <span class="foreign greek">-ε-</span> and <span class="foreign greek">-ει-</span> before <span class="foreign greek">-ο-,</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 12.94.33 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 40.3 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 4 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 22.2670.4 </span> (but always <span class="foreign greek">πλέον</span>).</div> </div><br><br>'}