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|mdlsjtxt=[[περισσός]], αττιξ [[περιττός]], ή, όν [[περί]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[beyond]] the [[regular]] [[number]] or [[size]], [[prodigious]], Hes.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> out of the [[common]] way, [[extraordinary]], [[uncommon]], [[remarkable]], [[signal]], [[strange]], εἴ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη σοφίης if he has any [[signal]] [[gift]] of [[wisdom]], Theogn.; so, π. [[λόγος]] Soph.; οὐ γὰρ περισσὸν οὐδὲν οὐδ' ἔξω λόγου πέπονθας Eur.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of persons, [[extraordinary]], [[eminent]], [[remarkable]], esp. for [[learning]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> c. gen., περισσὸς ἄλλων πρός τι [[beyond]] others in a [[thing]], Soph.; θύσει [[τοῦδε]] περισσότερα greater things [[than]] [[this]], Anth.; περιττότερος προφήτου greater [[than]] a [[prophet]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[more]] [[than]] [[sufficient]], [[redundant]], [[superfluous]], Xen.; περιττὸν ἔχειν to [[have]] a [[surplus]], Xen.; c. gen., τῶν ἀρκούντων περιττά [[more]] [[than]] [[sufficient]], Xen.:—often in [[military]] [[sense]], οἱ π. ἱππεῖς the [[reserve]] [[horse]], Xen.; π. σκηναί [[spare]] tents, Xen.; τὸ π. the [[surplus]], [[residue]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in bad [[sense]], [[superfluous]], Trag.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[excessive]], [[extravagant]], περισσὰ μηχανᾶσθαι to [[commit]] extravagancies, Hdt.; περισσὰ δρᾶν, πράσσειν to be [[over]] [[busy]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of persons, [[extravagant]], [[over]]-[[curious]], περισσὸς καὶ φρονῶν [[μέγα]] Eur.; π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις [[Δημοσθένης]] Aeschin.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in Arithmetic, [[ἀριθμός|ἀριθμὸς]] [[περιττός]] is an odd, [[uneven]] [[number]], opp. to [[ἄρτιος]], Plat., etc.<br />B. adv. [[περισσῶς]], [[extraordinarily]], [[exceedingly]], Hdt., Eur.; π. παῖδας ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι to [[have]] them [[educated]] [[overmuch]], Eur.; also περισσά, Pind., Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in a [[peculiar]] [[manner]], [[remarkably]], περισσότερον τῶν ἄλλων θάψαι τινά [[more]] [[sumptuously]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> often with a negat., οὐδὲν περισσότερον τῶν ἄλλων Plat.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> τὰ περισσά in [[vain]], Anth.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> ἐκ περιττοῦ as adv. [[superfluously]], [[uselessly]], Plat.