περιουσία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[περίειμι]]> ([[εἰμί]] <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sum]] [[that which is over and above]], [[surplus]], [[abundance]], ἐρίων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>50</span> ; νεῶν <span class="bibl">Th.3.13</span> ; χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Id.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">2.13</span> ; [[οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης π]]. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>487e</span>; τοσαύτῃ π. χρήσασθαι πονηρίας <span class="bibl">D.19.55</span>; [[ἂν… μοι π. ᾖ τοῦ ὕδατος]], i.e. time enough for speaking, <span class="bibl">Id.59.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[residuum]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> abs., [[net gain]], [[profit]], ἀπὸ παντὸς περιουσίαν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>554a</span> ; [[οὐ γὰρ εἰς π. ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως]] so as to bring them [[advantage]], <span class="bibl">D.3.26</span>; [[τῆς ἰδίας τρυφῆς εἵνεκα καὶ π]]. <span class="bibl">Id.21.159</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.4.21.1</span> ; στρατεία οὐ φέρει περιουσίαν <span class="bibl">Men.382</span>: pl., opp. [[τὰ ἀναγκαῖα]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.11.15</span>: with Preps., [[ἀπὸ περιουσίας]] [[with plenty of other resources]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.103</span>; [[πρὸς περιουσίαν]], opp. [[πρὸς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.38.4</span>: most freq. [[ἐκ π]]. out of [[the abundance]] (of their store), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>154e</span>, etc.; ἐκ περιουσίας χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">D.S.20.59</span> ; [[ἐκ περιουσίας ζῆν]] = to [[live on one's own resources]], <span class="bibl">Ath.4.168a</span>; [[ἐκ περιουσίας κατηγορεῖν τινος]] = [[at an advantage]], <span class="bibl">D.18.3</span> ; also [[ξενοτροφεῖν ἐκ τῆς περιουσίας]] <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.2.5</span> ; [[τὰ ἐκ περιουσίας]] = [[superfluities]], opp. [[τὰ ἀναγκαῖα]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span> 118a6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[superiority]] of numbers or force, <span class="bibl">Th.5.71</span>; [[τοσαύτην ἔχειν περιουσίαν]], [[ὥστε]]… <span class="bibl">D.S.4.12</span>; π. τῆς δυνάμεως <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Myst.</span>5.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[survival]], [[τίς οὖν ἡ ταύτης περιουσίαν]]; what is its [[chance of being saved]]? <span class="bibl">D. 19.79</span>.</span>