πλεοναχός
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A manifold, γενέσεως αἰτία Epicur.Ep.2p.36U.; κατὰ π. τρόπον ibid.; τοῦ π. τρόπου ib.p.41 U.; τὸ π. τὸ τῆς ῥητορικῆς diversity, Phld.Rh.1.50 S.:— elsewh. only Adv. πλεον-ᾰχῶς in various ways or senses, λέγεσθαι Arist. APo.89a28, EN1125b14, 1129a25, Epicur.Ep.1p.29U., al.; π. ἐτυμολογεῖν Str.10.3.8: also πλειοναχῶς, Iamb. Comm.Math.p.93 F.
German (Pape)
[Seite 630] mehrfach; Epicur. bei Diog. L. 10, 87. 95; adv., πλεοναχῶς, auf mehrere Arten, Epic. bei Diog. L. 10, 78. 80, Arist. part. an. 2. 2 u. öfter, topic. 1, 13 u. sonst.
