περισσεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[περιττεύω]], impf. [[ἐπερίσσευον]] ([[περιέσσευον]] is condemned by Phryn.20), ([[περισσός]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be over and above]] the [[number]], <b class="b3">μύριοί εἰσιν ἀριθμόν... εἷς δὲ π.</b> Hes.''Fr.''160; <b class="b3">περιττεύσουσιν ἡμῶν οἱ πολέμιοι</b> the [[enemy]] will [[go beyond]] us, [[outflank]] us, X.''An.''4.8.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be more than enough]], [[remain over]], τἀρκοῦντα καὶ περιττεύοντα Id.''Smp.''4.35; <b class="b3">τὸ π. [ἀργύριον]</b> Id.''Vect.''4.7; ἂν ᾖ τι… περιττεῦον Pl.''Lg.''855b; εἴ τι π. ἀπὸ τῶν τόκων ''SIG''672.19 (Delph., ii B. C.); ἡ περιττεύουσα [[τροφή]] Arist.''HA'' 619a20; τὸ π. τῶν κλασμάτων ''Ev.Matt.''14.20; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον τῷ Περικλεῖ ἐπερίσσευσε, κτλ</b>. such [[abundance]] of [[reason]] had [[Pericles]] for his [[belief]], Th.2.65; τοσόνδ' ἐπερίσσευσεν αὐτοῖς εὐνοίας J.''AJ''19.1.18; τὸ ἀνδρεῖον ἐπερίττευεν αὐτῇ D.H.3.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, to [[be superfluous]], τὰ περισσεύοντα τῶν λόγων S.''El.''1288; <b class="b3">ἵν' ἐμοὶ περιττεύῃ</b>, i.e. that I may be over-[[rich]], Diog.Oen.64.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[abound in]], [[χορηγίᾳ]], opp. [[ἐλλείπω]], Plb.18.35.5, etc.; αἱ ἐκκλησίαι ἐπερίσσευον τῷ ἀριθμῷ ''Act.Ap.''16.5:—Med., c. gen., περισσεύονται ἄρτων [[have more than enough of]]…, Ev.Luc.15.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be superior]], <b class="b3">περισσεύω παρά τινα</b> to [[be better than]]... [[LXX]] ''Ec.''3.19; <b class="b3">περισσεύω ὑπέρ τινα</b> ib.''1 Ma.''3.30 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]); [[be better]], [[have the advantage]], ''1 Ep.Cor.''14.12; [[περισσεύω μᾶλλον]] = [[abound]] [[more]] and more, ''[[sc.]]'' in [[Christian]] [[grace]]s, ''1 Ep.Thess.''4.1, ''ΙΙ'':—Med., [[περισσευόμεθα]], opp. [[ὑστερούμεθα]], ''1 Ep.Cor.''8.8.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> causal, [[make to abound]], <b class="b3">πᾶσαν χάριν π.</b> ''2 Ep.Cor.''9.8; τινὰς τῇ ἀγάπῃ ''1 Ep.Thess.''3.12:—Pass., to [[be made to abound]], Ev.Matt.13.12, 25.29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">π. τὰς ὥρας</b> [[make]] them [[longer]], Ath.2.42b.