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δι' ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν, καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην → through me kings rule, and princes dictate justice (Proverbs 8:15, LXX version)
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|Definition=πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neut. <b class="b3">πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν</b>, Comp. of <b class="b3">πολύς</b> (on the forms v. sub fin.), <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">more</b>, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.13.739</span>; πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>380</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν</b> govern for the interest of <b class="b2">the majority</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.37</span>; <b class="b3">πλέον' ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν</b> <b class="b2">greater</b> than... <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.21</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν πλείω λόγον</b> all <b class="b2">further</b> speech, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>731</span>; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.39</span>; <b class="b3">πλείω τὸν πλοῦν . . ποιησάμενοι</b> having made the voyage <b class="b2">longer</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.39</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π. βίος</b> a <b class="b2">longer</b> life, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>75c</span>; μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>435d</span>, etc.; of Time, <b class="b2">longer</b>, π. χρόνος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.111</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>74</span>; πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων <span class="bibl">Il.10.252</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> with Art., <b class="b3">οἱ πλέονες</b> <b class="b2">the greater number, the mass</b> or <b class="b2">crowd</b>, <span class="bibl">5.673</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.277</span>; οἱ πλεῦνες <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.106</span>, etc.: c. gen., <b class="b3">τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1</span>; <b class="b2">the people</b>, opp. the chief men, <span class="bibl">Id.7.149</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.73</span>, <span class="bibl">89</span>, etc.; euphem. of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1073</span>; εὖτ' ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων <span class="title">AP</span>11.42 (Crin.); <b class="b3">ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην</b> ib. <span class="bibl">7.731</span> (Leon.); <b class="b3">τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο</b> <b class="b2">the greater part</b> of... <span class="bibl">Il.1.165</span>; <b class="b3">ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τοῦ μετρίου</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1211</span> (lyr.); τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται <span class="bibl">Th.4.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">92</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> pecul. usages of neut.: </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> as a Noun, <b class="b2">more</b>, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.19</span>, etc.; εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον <span class="bibl">Id.1.89</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δὲ π</b>. nay, what is <b class="b2">more</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>158</span> (Musgr. for <b class="b3">τί δὲ . .</b>); to a <b class="b2">greater</b> extent, <span class="bibl">Th.1.90</span>, <span class="bibl">7.57</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πλέον</b> or <b class="b3">τὸ πλέον τινός</b> <b class="b2">a higher degree</b> of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1189</span> (lyr.); τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει</b> the <b class="b2">excess</b> which he reports, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>661</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ᾧ πλεῖον</b> the <b class="b2">excess</b>, prob. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.42</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>742.26</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">πλέον ἔχειν</b> to have <b class="b2">the advantage</b>, have <b class="b2">the best</b> of it, like [[πλεονεκτέω]], c. gen., <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.70</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>343d</span>, <span class="bibl">349b</span>, etc.; τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.18</span>: more fully, μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Thgn.606</span>; π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.29</span>; π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων <span class="bibl">And.4.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">π. ποιεῖν</b> <b class="b2">do some good, be successful</b>, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>19a</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.149</span>, <span class="bibl">4.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 115c</span>, etc.; παραινοῦσ' οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>918</span>; οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις <span class="bibl">Ath.8.344b</span>; οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>284</span>; οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>1373</span>, <span class="bibl">And.4.20</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π</b>. have no <b class="b2">superior</b> knowledge, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>161b</span>; <b class="b3">τί πλέον;</b> what <b class="b2">more</b>, i.e. what <b class="b2">good</b> or <b class="b2">use</b> is it? <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.95</span>, etc.; τί π. πλουτεῖν . . πάντων ἀποροῦντας; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>531</span>; τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ' ἄν; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>322</span>; τί π. ἔστ' εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν; <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>1.567.1 (Karanis, iii B.C.), cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.261.1 (Diotim.); also οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν <span class="bibl">Lys.19.4</span> (= <span class="bibl">And.1.7</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">D.35.31</span>; ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.28</span>; οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>341a</span>; τί τὸ π.; <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>306<b class="b2">a</b>.3; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πλέον</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">more, further</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.171</span>, <span class="bibl">5.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>261b</span>, etc.: c. gen., <b class="b2">beyond</b>, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span> (but, ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας <b class="b2">to surpassing height in . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.20</span>); also ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1219</span> codd. (lyr.); <b class="b3">περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι</b>, v. [[περί]] A. IV. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> as Adv., <b class="b2">more, rather</b>, <b class="b3">π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα</b> he inclined <b class="b2">rather</b> to the belief... <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.100</span>; οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>41</span>; σέ . . τῶνδ' ἐς πλέον σέβω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>700</span>; ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον <span class="bibl">D.18.125</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἔλαττον</b> <b class="b2">more</b> or less, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>402.9</span> (vi A. D.), <span class="title">IG</span>14.177 (Syracuse); also <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., Ion. <b class="b3">τὸ πλεῦν</b>, <b class="b2">for the most part</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.81</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι</b> have <b class="b2">the larger</b> share, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.52</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., = [[μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ]] <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης</b> not <b class="b2">so much... as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.83</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.6</span>; οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων <span class="bibl">Is.10.23</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">D.24.141</span> (fort. <b class="b3">πλεῖν</b>, v. infr.); π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>21.3</span>:—in this sense a short form <b class="b3">πλεῖν</b> is used by Att. writers (cf. Moer.<span class="bibl">p.294</span> P., but the rule is not universal, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.657.25 (iii B. C.), etc.), πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ' ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>858</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας</b> (sc. <b class="b3">δραχμάς</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 444</span>; στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>1041</span>, <span class="bibl">1065</span>, al.; πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>589</span>; πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">91</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖν</b> (<b class="b3">πλεῖον</b> codd.) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα <span class="bibl">D.21.173</span>; πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν <span class="bibl">Eub.119.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἤ</b> is freq. omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1251</span>; <b class="b3">ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17d</span>; but <b class="b3">δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι</b> for ten years <b class="b2">more</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>932c</span>; τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.16</span>; λίθους . . ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>1.16</span>: with number in gen., κώμας . . οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.3.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">c</span> Com., <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι</b> <b class="b2">more than to</b> madness, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>103</span>,<span class="bibl">751</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">d</span> pl. <b class="b3">πλείω</b> used like [[πλέον]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>417b</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 23.213</span>, etc.; τὰ π. <span class="bibl">Th.1.81</span>; πλέω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>868</span> codd. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">e</span> regul. Adv. πλειόνως <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.7.4</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">B</span> FORMS: Ep. use <b class="b3">πλείων</b> or <b class="b3">πλέων</b> as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl. <b class="b3">πλέες, πλέᾰς</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.129</span>, <span class="bibl">11.395</span>, Call.<span class="title">Aet.Oxy.</span>2080.85 (so, with ι from ε, Cret. <b class="b3">πλίες, πλίας</b>, <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>7.18,24, <span class="title">GDI</span>5125 <span class="title">B</span>8, also <b class="b3">πλίαδ</b> (δὲ) <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>7.29, <b class="b3">πλίανς</b> ib.5.54; <b class="b3">πλέας</b> also Aeol., <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).1.9 (Mytil., iv B. C.)); dat. pl. πλεόνεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.13.739</span> (<b class="b3">πλεόνεσιν</b> is f.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.224</span>); Cret. also acc. sg. neut. πλίον <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>1.37, al., gen. <b class="b3">πλίονος</b> ib.2.39, al., neut. pl. <b class="b3">πλίονα</b> ib.4.51, <b class="b3">πλία</b> ib.10.17; Aeol. πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late Dor., <span class="title">IPE</span>12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D.); Att. Inscrr. have <b class="b3">-ει-</b> always before <b class="b3">-ου-</b> and <b class="b3">-ω-</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but <b class="b3">-ε-</b> and <b class="b3">-ει-</b> before <b class="b3">-ο-</b>, ib.12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always <b class="b3">πλέον</b>).</span> | |Definition=πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neut. <b class="b3">πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν</b>, Comp. of <b class="b3">πολύς</b> (on the forms v. sub fin.), <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">more</b>, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.13.739</span>; πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>380</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν</b> govern for the interest of <b class="b2">the majority</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.37</span>; <b class="b3">πλέον' ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν</b> <b class="b2">greater</b> than... <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.21</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν πλείω λόγον</b> all <b class="b2">further</b> speech, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>731</span>; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.39</span>; <b class="b3">πλείω τὸν πλοῦν . . ποιησάμενοι</b> having made the voyage <b class="b2">longer</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.39</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ π. βίος</b> a <b class="b2">longer</b> life, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>75c</span>; μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>435d</span>, etc.; of Time, <b class="b2">longer</b>, π. χρόνος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 9.111</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>74</span>; πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων <span class="bibl">Il.10.252</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> with Art., <b class="b3">οἱ πλέονες</b> <b class="b2">the greater number, the mass</b> or <b class="b2">crowd</b>, <span class="bibl">5.673</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.277</span>; οἱ πλεῦνες <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.106</span>, etc.: c. gen., <b class="b3">τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1</span>; <b class="b2">the people</b>, opp. the chief men, <span class="bibl">Id.7.149</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.73</span>, <span class="bibl">89</span>, etc.; euphem. of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1073</span>; εὖτ' ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων <span class="title">AP</span>11.42 (Crin.); <b class="b3">ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην</b> ib. <span class="bibl">7.731</span> (Leon.); <b class="b3">τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο</b> <b class="b2">the greater part</b> of... <span class="bibl">Il.1.165</span>; <b class="b3">ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τοῦ μετρίου</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1211</span> (lyr.); τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται <span class="bibl">Th.4.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">92</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> pecul. usages of neut.: </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> as a Noun, <b class="b2">more</b>, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.19</span>, etc.; εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον <span class="bibl">Id.1.89</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δὲ π</b>. nay, what is <b class="b2">more</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>158</span> (Musgr. for <b class="b3">τί δὲ . .</b>); to a <b class="b2">greater</b> extent, <span class="bibl">Th.1.90</span>, <span class="bibl">7.57</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πλέον</b> or <b class="b3">τὸ πλέον τινός</b> <b class="b2">a higher degree</b> of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρει; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1189</span> (lyr.); τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει</b> the <b class="b2">excess</b> which he reports, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>661</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ᾧ πλεῖον</b> the <b class="b2">excess</b>, prob. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.42</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>742.26</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">πλέον ἔχειν</b> to have <b class="b2">the advantage</b>, have <b class="b2">the best</b> of it, like [[πλεονεκτέω]], c. gen., <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.70</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>343d</span>, <span class="bibl">349b</span>, etc.; τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.18</span>: more fully, μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Thgn.606</span>; π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.29</span>; π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων <span class="bibl">And.4.4</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">π. ποιεῖν</b> <b class="b2">do some good, be successful</b>, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>19a</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.149</span>, <span class="bibl">4.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 115c</span>, etc.; παραινοῦσ' οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>918</span>; οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις <span class="bibl">Ath.8.344b</span>; οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>284</span>; οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>1373</span>, <span class="bibl">And.4.20</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π</b>. have no <b class="b2">superior</b> knowledge, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>161b</span>; <b class="b3">τί πλέον;</b> what <b class="b2">more</b>, i.e. what <b class="b2">good</b> or <b class="b2">use</b> is it? <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.95</span>, etc.; τί π. πλουτεῖν . . πάντων ἀποροῦντας; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>531</span>; τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ' ἄν; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>322</span>; τί π. ἔστ' εἰς τέκνα πονεῖν; <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>1.567.1 (Karanis, iii B.C.), cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.261.1 (Diotim.); also οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν <span class="bibl">Lys.19.4</span> (= <span class="bibl">And.1.7</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">D.35.31</span>; ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.28</span>; οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>341a</span>; τί τὸ π.; <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>306<b class="b2">a</b>.3; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πλέον</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">more, further</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.171</span>, <span class="bibl">5.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.54</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>261b</span>, etc.: c. gen., <b class="b2">beyond</b>, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span> (but, ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας <b class="b2">to surpassing height in . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.20</span>); also ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1219</span> codd. (lyr.); <b class="b3">περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι</b>, v. [[περί]] A. IV. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> as Adv., <b class="b2">more, rather</b>, <b class="b3">π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα</b> he inclined <b class="b2">rather</b> to the belief... <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.100</span>; οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>41</span>; σέ . . τῶνδ' ἐς πλέον σέβω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>700</span>; ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον <span class="bibl">D.18.125</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἔλαττον</b> <b class="b2">more</b> or less, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>402.9</span> (vi A. D.), <span class="title">IG</span>14.177 (Syracuse); also <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., Ion. <b class="b3">τὸ πλεῦν</b>, <b class="b2">for the most part</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.81</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι</b> have <b class="b2">the larger</b> share, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.52</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., = [[μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ]] <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης</b> not <b class="b2">so much... as . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.83</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.6</span>; οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων <span class="bibl">Is.10.23</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">D.24.141</span> (fort. <b class="b3">πλεῖν</b>, v. infr.); π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>21.3</span>:—in this sense a short form <b class="b3">πλεῖν</b> is used by Att. writers (cf. Moer.<span class="bibl">p.294</span> P., but the rule is not universal, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.657.25 (iii B. C.), etc.), πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ' ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>858</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας</b> (sc. <b class="b3">δραχμάς</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 444</span>; στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>1041</span>, <span class="bibl">1065</span>, al.; πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>589</span>; πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">91</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖν</b> (<b class="b3">πλεῖον</b> codd.) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα <span class="bibl">D.21.173</span>; πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν <span class="bibl">Eub.119.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἤ</b> is freq. omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1251</span>; <b class="b3">ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17d</span>; but <b class="b3">δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι</b> for ten years <b class="b2">more</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>932c</span>; τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.16</span>; λίθους . . ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>1.16</span>: with number in gen., κώμας . . οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.3.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">c</span> Com., <b class="b3">πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι</b> <b class="b2">more than to</b> madness, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>103</span>,<span class="bibl">751</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">d</span> pl. <b class="b3">πλείω</b> used like [[πλέον]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>417b</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 23.213</span>, etc.; τὰ π. <span class="bibl">Th.1.81</span>; πλέω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>868</span> codd. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">e</span> regul. Adv. πλειόνως <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.7.4</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">B</span> FORMS: Ep. use <b class="b3">πλείων</b> or <b class="b3">πλέων</b> as metre requires, also nom. and acc. pl. <b class="b3">πλέες, πλέᾰς</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.129</span>, <span class="bibl">11.395</span>, Call.<span class="title">Aet.Oxy.</span>2080.85 (so, with ι from ε, Cret. <b class="b3">πλίες, πλίας</b>, <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>7.18,24, <span class="title">GDI</span>5125 <span class="title">B</span>8, also <b class="b3">πλίαδ</b> (δὲ) <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>7.29, <b class="b3">πλίανς</b> ib.5.54; <b class="b3">πλέας</b> also Aeol., <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).1.9 (Mytil., iv B. C.)); dat. pl. πλεόνεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.13.739</span> (<b class="b3">πλεόνεσιν</b> is f.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.224</span>); Cret. also acc. sg. neut. πλίον <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>1.37, al., gen. <b class="b3">πλίονος</b> ib.2.39, al., neut. pl. <b class="b3">πλίονα</b> ib.4.51, <b class="b3">πλία</b> ib.10.17; Aeol. πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late Dor., <span class="title">IPE</span>12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D.); Att. Inscrr. have <b class="b3">-ει-</b> always before <b class="b3">-ου-</b> and <b class="b3">-ω-</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but <b class="b3">-ε-</b> and <b class="b3">-ει-</b> before <b class="b3">-ο-</b>, ib.12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always <b class="b3">πλέον</b>).</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0628.png Seite 628]] πλεῖον, ονος, im masc. u. fem. auch bei den Attikern gebräuchlicher als [[πλέων]], compar. zu [[πολύς]], <b class="b2">mehr</b>, sowohl von der Zahl als von der Größe, der Ausdehnung, dem Werthe; τὸ μὲν πλεῖον [[πολυάϊκος]] πολέμοιο χεῖρες ἐμαὶ διέπουσι, den größern Theil des Krieges, Il. 1, 165, vgl. Od. 8, 475; αἰδομένων δ' ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ [[πέφανται]], Il. 5, 531; ἅμα πλέονες καὶ ἀρείους, Od. 9, 48; πολὺ πλέονες καὶ κρείσσονες, 22, 353; κήδεσι μ οχθήσειν καὶ πλείοσιν, Il. 10, 106; μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι, 13, 739, u. öfter; πλέονα λόγον [[γενέσθαι]], Pind. N. 7, 20, u. öfter, οἱ πλέονες, die Mehrzahl, die Meisten. Il. 5, 673 O, d. 2. 277; eben so Her. οἱ πλεῦνες, αἱ πλεῦνες. 1, 106. 199. 2, 120. 7, 149, auch c. gen., αἱ πλεῦνες τῶν γυναικῶν, 1, 1; dah. der große Hause, das gemeine Volk, im Ggstz der Vornehmen, 7, 149. Auch euphemistisch, die Todten, ἐς πλεόνων ἱκέσθαι, wie ἐς Ἅιδου, Crinag. 30 (XI, 42); Leon. Tar. 79 (VII, 731); ἡ γραῦς ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων, Ar. Eccl. 1073. – Πλέων νύξ, der größere Theil der Nacht, Il. 10, 252; [[πλέων]] [[χρόνος]], mehr, längere Zeit, Soph. Ant. 74, u. öfter, wie in Prosa: Her. 9, 111; πλείονι καὶ ἐλάττονι χρόνῳ, Plat. Parm. 154 d, u. sonst; [[πλέω]] στρατόν, Her. 6, 28; [[πλέω]] στρατιήν, 6, 81; τὸ πλεῦν, zumeist, meistens, 3, 52; ἐπὶ [[πλέον]], mehr und mehr, 2, 171. 5, 51. 125; ἐπὶ [[πλείω]], Soph. O. C. 1774 (wird auch ἐπίπλεον als ein Wort geschrieben); περὶ πλέονος ποιεῖσθαι, höher schätzen, Her. u. Folgde überall; – [[πλέον]] φρονεῖν, Soph. Phil. 807; – τὸ [[πλέον]] τινός, der höhere Grad einer Sache, ἐπὶ τὸ [[πλέον]] ἱκέσθαι τινός, d. i. bis zum höchsten Grade einer Sache gelangen, vgl. Theocr. 1, 20. 3, 47, [[πλέον]] ἔχειν, mehr haben, voraus haben, Vorzug, Vortheil, Gewinn haben, auch übertreffen, wie [[πλεονεκτέω]], c. gen., Her. 9, 70, wie Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 61; u. eben so [[πλέον]] τινὸς φέρεσθαι, Her. 8, 29; aber [[πλέον]] ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ [[γνώμη]], seine Meinung ging mehr dahin, 8, 100; auch vollständig, πλεῖον μοίρης ἔχειν, Theogn. 606; ἐς [[πλέον]] ποιεῖν, ἐργάζεσθαι, weiter kommen, mehr ausrichten, Soph. O. R. 911; οὐδὲν ἔτι [[πλέον]] ἐγένετο τούτων, es half Nichts, brachte keinen Gewinn, Her. 9, 41. 107. 121 u. öfter; τί ἔσται [[πλέον]] τινί, was wird es helfen? was wird er weiter davon haben? Antiph. 5, 95; vgl. Xen. Cyr. 5, 5, 34; [[πλέον]] γίγνεται τοῖς ἄλλοις, Isocr. 4, 7; ὧν [[οὐδέν]] μοι [[πλέον]] γέγονε, wovon mir Nichts gelungen ist, 15, 28; vgl. Dem. Lpt. 7; vgl. Plat. [[πλέον]] τι οἰόμενος εἶναι λόγους γεγραμμένους τὸν εἰδότα ὑπομνῆσαι, Phaedr. 275 c; οὐδὲν γάρ μοι [[πλέον]] ἦν, Conv. 217 c; ἄν τι καὶ σμικρὸν [[πλέον]] [[ἑκάστοτε]] ἡγῶνται ἔσεσθαί σφισιν, Legg. III, 697 d; μηδὲν [[πλέον]] αὐτῷ γένηται, Conv. 222 d; auch eben so οὐδὲν [[πλέον]] ποιήσετε, Phaed. 115 c; Theaet. 200 c; βουλοίμην ἂν [[πλέον]] τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον, ich wünschte durch meine Vertheidigung Etwas ausrichten zu können, Apol. 19 a; ἐπὶ [[πλέον]] εἶναι ἤ, Euthyd. 290 b; vgl. ἢ ἔχεις τι λέγειν ἐπὶ [[πλέον]] τὴν ῥητορικὴν δύνασθαι ἤ, Gorg. 453 a. – Bei Zahlenbegriffen fällt, wie im Lat. quam nach plus, ἤ auch zuweilen weg, ἔτη γεγονὼς [[πλείω]] [[ἑβδομήκοντα]], Plat. Apol. 17 d; und die Zahl geht auch in den gen. über, οὐ πλεῖον [[εἴκοσι]] σταδίων ἀπέχειν, Xen. An. 3, 2, 34. 7, 3, 12; bemerke noch μισθὸς ὠφείλετο [[πλέον]] ἢ τριῶν μηνῶν, ib. 1, 2, 11, womit Krüger vergleicht μυριάδας [[πλέον]] ἢ [[δώδεκα]], ib. 5, 6, 9, u. Thuc. 4, 72. – Bloß episch ist der nom. u. acc. plur. [[πλέες]], πλέας (s. oben); ion. u. dor. ist die Zusammenziehung [[πλεῦν]] für [[πλέον]], πλεῦνος, πλεῦνες u. ä. für πλέονος, πλέονες u. s. w. – Ein besonderer Atticismus ist [[πλεῖν]], nom. u. acc. sing. für [[πλέον]], der nur in Zahlverbindungen, wie [[πλεῖν]] ἢ μύριοι, Ar. Av. 6 Nubb. 1041 u. öfter gebraucht ist. – Ion. dat. plur. πλεόνεσι, Her. 7, 224. – Bei Hom. u. Hes. wechseln übrigens die Formen [[πλείων]] u. [[πλέων]] nach Versbedarf, doch ist letztere, bes. im plur., häufiger;, dat. πλείοσι u. πλεόνεσσι; in att. Prosa ist [[πλείων]], [[πλέον]] die gebräuchlichste Form, letzteres besonders in adverbialen Beziehungen, dagegen in der zusammengezogenen Form πλείους, [[πλείω]] vorherrschend; aber im nom. plur. bleibt [[πλέω]] das Herrschende, vgl. Reisig conj. Arist. p. 43 u. Buttm. Gramm. – Spätere verbinden sogar diese Form [[πλέω]] mit einem subst. sing. num., vgl. Wess. D. Sic. 1, 63 u. Schäf. D. L. p. 229. | |||
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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 AP11.42 (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.OC1211 (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.OT1189 (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.OT918; οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις Ath.8.344b; οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. E.Hipp.284; οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι Id.IA1373, 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. AP7.261.1 (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.306a.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.OC1219 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.OT700; ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον D.18.125; π. ἔλαττον more or less, BGU402.9 (vi A. D.), IG14.177 (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. IG22.657.25 (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.HG2.2.16; 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. c Com., πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, Ar. Ra.103,751. d pl. πλείω used like πλέον, Th.1.3, Pl.R.417b, D. 23.213, etc.; τὰ π. Th.1.81; πλέω A.Ag.868 codd. e regul. Adv. πλειόνως Aen.Tact.7.4, J.AJ17.1.1. 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, GDI5125 B8, also πλίαδ (δὲ) Leg.Gort.7.29, πλίανς ib.5.54; πλέας also Aeol., IG12(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., IPE12.79.18 (Byzant., i A. D.); Att. Inscrr. have -ει- always before -ου- and -ω-, IG12.76.7, 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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[Seite 628] πλεῖον, ονος, im masc. u. fem. auch bei den Attikern gebräuchlicher als πλέων, compar. zu πολύς, mehr, sowohl von der Zahl als von der Größe, der Ausdehnung, dem Werthe; τὸ μὲν πλεῖον πολυάϊκος πολέμοιο χεῖρες ἐμαὶ διέπουσι, den größern Theil des Krieges, Il. 1, 165, vgl. Od. 8, 475; αἰδομένων δ' ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται, Il. 5, 531; ἅμα πλέονες καὶ ἀρείους, Od. 9, 48; πολὺ πλέονες καὶ κρείσσονες, 22, 353; κήδεσι μ οχθήσειν καὶ πλείοσιν, Il. 10, 106; μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι, 13, 739, u. öfter; πλέονα λόγον γενέσθαι, Pind. N. 7, 20, u. öfter, οἱ πλέονες, die Mehrzahl, die Meisten. Il. 5, 673 O, d. 2. 277; eben so Her. οἱ πλεῦνες, αἱ πλεῦνες. 1, 106. 199. 2, 120. 7, 149, auch c. gen., αἱ πλεῦνες τῶν γυναικῶν, 1, 1; dah. der große Hause, das gemeine Volk, im Ggstz der Vornehmen, 7, 149. Auch euphemistisch, die Todten, ἐς πλεόνων ἱκέσθαι, wie ἐς Ἅιδου, Crinag. 30 (XI, 42); Leon. Tar. 79 (VII, 731); ἡ γραῦς ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων, Ar. Eccl. 1073. – Πλέων νύξ, der größere Theil der Nacht, Il. 10, 252; πλέων χρόνος, mehr, längere Zeit, Soph. Ant. 74, u. öfter, wie in Prosa: Her. 9, 111; πλείονι καὶ ἐλάττονι χρόνῳ, Plat. Parm. 154 d, u. sonst; πλέω στρατόν, Her. 6, 28; πλέω στρατιήν, 6, 81; τὸ πλεῦν, zumeist, meistens, 3, 52; ἐπὶ πλέον, mehr und mehr, 2, 171. 5, 51. 125; ἐπὶ πλείω, Soph. O. C. 1774 (wird auch ἐπίπλεον als ein Wort geschrieben); περὶ πλέονος ποιεῖσθαι, höher schätzen, Her. u. Folgde überall; – πλέον φρονεῖν, Soph. Phil. 807; – τὸ πλέον τινός, der höhere Grad einer Sache, ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον ἱκέσθαι τινός, d. i. bis zum höchsten Grade einer Sache gelangen, vgl. Theocr. 1, 20. 3, 47, πλέον ἔχειν, mehr haben, voraus haben, Vorzug, Vortheil, Gewinn haben, auch übertreffen, wie πλεονεκτέω, c. gen., Her. 9, 70, wie Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 61; u. eben so πλέον τινὸς φέρεσθαι, Her. 8, 29; aber πλέον ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη, seine Meinung ging mehr dahin, 8, 100; auch vollständig, πλεῖον μοίρης ἔχειν, Theogn. 606; ἐς πλέον ποιεῖν, ἐργάζεσθαι, weiter kommen, mehr ausrichten, Soph. O. R. 911; οὐδὲν ἔτι πλέον ἐγένετο τούτων, es half Nichts, brachte keinen Gewinn, Her. 9, 41. 107. 121 u. öfter; τί ἔσται πλέον τινί, was wird es helfen? was wird er weiter davon haben? Antiph. 5, 95; vgl. Xen. Cyr. 5, 5, 34; πλέον γίγνεται τοῖς ἄλλοις, Isocr. 4, 7; ὧν οὐδέν μοι πλέον γέγονε, wovon mir Nichts gelungen ist, 15, 28; vgl. Dem. Lpt. 7; vgl. Plat. πλέον τι οἰόμενος εἶναι λόγους γεγραμμένους τὸν εἰδότα ὑπομνῆσαι, Phaedr. 275 c; οὐδὲν γάρ μοι πλέον ἦν, Conv. 217 c; ἄν τι καὶ σμικρὸν πλέον ἑκάστοτε ἡγῶνται ἔσεσθαί σφισιν, Legg. III, 697 d; μηδὲν πλέον αὐτῷ γένηται, Conv. 222 d; auch eben so οὐδὲν πλέον ποιήσετε, Phaed. 115 c; Theaet. 200 c; βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον, ich wünschte durch meine Vertheidigung Etwas ausrichten zu können, Apol. 19 a; ἐπὶ πλέον εἶναι ἤ, Euthyd. 290 b; vgl. ἢ ἔχεις τι λέγειν ἐπὶ πλέον τὴν ῥητορικὴν δύνασθαι ἤ, Gorg. 453 a. – Bei Zahlenbegriffen fällt, wie im Lat. quam nach plus, ἤ auch zuweilen weg, ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα, Plat. Apol. 17 d; und die Zahl geht auch in den gen. über, οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπέχειν, Xen. An. 3, 2, 34. 7, 3, 12; bemerke noch μισθὸς ὠφείλετο πλέον ἢ τριῶν μηνῶν, ib. 1, 2, 11, womit Krüger vergleicht μυριάδας πλέον ἢ δώδεκα, ib. 5, 6, 9, u. Thuc. 4, 72. – Bloß episch ist der nom. u. acc. plur. πλέες, πλέας (s. oben); ion. u. dor. ist die Zusammenziehung πλεῦν für πλέον, πλεῦνος, πλεῦνες u. ä. für πλέονος, πλέονες u. s. w. – Ein besonderer Atticismus ist πλεῖν, nom. u. acc. sing. für πλέον, der nur in Zahlverbindungen, wie πλεῖν ἢ μύριοι, Ar. Av. 6 Nubb. 1041 u. öfter gebraucht ist. – Ion. dat. plur. πλεόνεσι, Her. 7, 224. – Bei Hom. u. Hes. wechseln übrigens die Formen πλείων u. πλέων nach Versbedarf, doch ist letztere, bes. im plur., häufiger;, dat. πλείοσι u. πλεόνεσσι; in att. Prosa ist πλείων, πλέον die gebräuchlichste Form, letzteres besonders in adverbialen Beziehungen, dagegen in der zusammengezogenen Form πλείους, πλείω vorherrschend; aber im nom. plur. bleibt πλέω das Herrschende, vgl. Reisig conj. Arist. p. 43 u. Buttm. Gramm. – Spätere verbinden sogar diese Form πλέω mit einem subst. sing. num., vgl. Wess. D. Sic. 1, 63 u. Schäf. D. L. p. 229.