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τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόνwhat is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful

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|strgr=from [[πλείων]] and [[ἔχω]]; holding (desiring) [[more]], i.e. [[eager]] for [[gain]] ([[avaricious]], [[hence]] a [[defrauder]]): [[covetous]].
|strgr=from [[πλείων]] and [[ἔχω]]; holding (desiring) [[more]], i.e. [[eager]] for [[gain]] ([[avaricious]], [[hence]] a [[defrauder]]): [[covetous]].
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|txtha=πλεονέκτου, ὁ ([[πλέον]] and [[ἔχω]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[one]] [[eager]] to [[have]] [[more]], [[especially]] [[what]] belongs to others ([[Thucydides]] 1,40, 1 (cf. [[Herodotus]] 7,158)); [[Xenophon]], mem. 1,5, 3);<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[greedy]] of [[gain]], [[covetous]]: Sirach 14:9.
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Transliteration A: pleonéktēs Transliteration B: pleonektēs Transliteration C: pleonektis Beta Code: pleone/kths

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ,

   A = ὁ πλέον ἔχων, one who has or claims more than his due, greedy, grasping, Th.1.40, etc.: as Adj. λόγος π. a greedy, arrogant speech, Hdt.7.158: Sup. πλεονεκτίστατος X.Mem.1.2.12.    2 ἐν παντὶ πλεονέκτην τῶν πολεμίων making gain from their losses, Id.Cyr.1.6.27.    3 metaph. in Math., of τὸ ὑπερτελές, Iamb.in Nic.p.32 P.

German (Pape)

[Seite 630] ὁ, der mehr haben will, der Habsüchtige, Eigennützige; καὶ βίαιος, Thuc. 1, 40; τῶν πολεμίων, Xen. Cyr. 1, 6, 27, der aus dem Unfalle des Feindes Vortheil zieht; τῶν ἄλλων ἀφαιρούμενοι χρήματα, Mem. 1, 5, 3; καὶ δημαγωγικός, Pol. 15, 21, 1; dah. anmaßlich, λόγος, Her. 7, 158; Sp. – Einen superl. πλεονεκτίστατος dat mit βιαιότατος vrbdn Xen. Mem. 1, 2, 12.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πλεονέκτης: -ου, ὁ, = ὁ πλέον ἔχων, ὁ ἔχων ἢ ἀπαιτῶν πλείω τῶν ὅσα δικαιοῦται, ἄπληστος, ἅρπαξ, ἀλαζών, Θουκ. 1. 40, κτλ.· ― ὡς ἐπίθ., λόγος πλ., λόγος ἄπληστος, ἀλαζονικός, Ἡρόδ. 7. 158· ὑπερθ. πλεονεκτίστατος, διάφ. γραφ. ἀντὶ κλεπτίστατος, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 1. 2, 11. 2) ἐν παντὶ πλεονέκτην τῶν πολεμίων, κερδαίνοντα ἐκ τῶν σφαλμάτων ἢ ἀποτυχιῶν τῶν ἐχθρῶν, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Κύρ. Παιδ. 1. 6, 27. ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 178.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου;
adj. m.
qui cherche à avoir plus que les autres ou plus qu’il ne doit :
1 cupide, ambitieux ; arrogant;
2 qui profite de ses avantages sur, gén.
Sp. πλεονεκτίστατος.
Étymologie: πλεονεκτέω.

English (Strong)

from πλείων and ἔχω; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder): covetous.

English (Thayer)

πλεονέκτου, ὁ (πλέον and ἔχω);
1. one eager to have more, especially what belongs to others (Thucydides 1,40, 1 (cf. Herodotus 7,158)); Xenophon, mem. 1,5, 3);
2. greedy of gain, covetous: Sirach 14:9.