περιουσία

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (περίειμι (εἰμί

   A sum)) that which is over and above, surplus, abundance, ἐρίων Ar.Nu.50 ; νεῶν Th.3.13 ; χρημάτων Id.1.2, 2.13 ; οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης π. Pl.Grg.487e; τοσαύτῃ π. χρήσασθαι πονηρίας D.19.55; ἂν . . μοι π. ᾖ τοῦ ὕδατος, i.e. time enough for speaking, Id.59.20.    2 residuum, Hp.Cord.11.    II abs., net gain, profit, ἀπὸ παντὸς π. ποιεῖσθαι Pl.R.554a ; οὐ γὰρ εἰς π. ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως so as to bring them advantage, D.3.26; τῆς ἰδίας τρυφῆς εἵνεκα καὶ π. Id.21.159, cf. Plb.4.21.1 ; στρατεία οὐ φέρει περιουσίαν Men.382: pl., opp. τὰ ἀναγκαῖα, Isoc.11.15: with Preps., ἀπὸ περιουσίας with plenty of other resources, Th.5.103; πρὸς περιουσίαν, opp. πρὸς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, Plb.4.38.4: most freq. ἐκ π. out of the abundance (of their store), Pl.Tht.154e, etc.; ἐκ π. χρῆσθαι D.S.20.59 ; ἐκ π. ζῆν to live on one's own resources, Ath.4.168a; ἐκ π. κατηγορεῖν τινος at an advantage, D.18.3 ; also ξενοτροφεῖν ἐκ τῆς π. J.BJ1.2.5 ; τὰ ἐκ π. superfluities, opp. τὰ ἀναγκαῖα, Arist.Top. 118a6.    2 superiority of numbers or force, Th.5.71 ; τοσαύτην ἔχειν π., ὥστε . . D.S.4.12; π. τῆς δυνάμεως Iamb.Myst.5.23.    III survival, τίς οὖν ἡ ταύτης π.; what is its chance of being saved? D. 19.79.