περισσεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. περιττεύω, impf. [[ἐπερίσσευον]] ([[περιέσσευον]] is condemned by Phryn.20), (περισσός) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be over and above]] the number, <b class="b3">μύριοί εἰσιν ἀριθμόν... εἷς δὲ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>160</span>; <b class="b3">περιττεύσουσιν ἡμῶν οἱ πολέμιοι</b> the enemy [[will go beyond]] us, [[outflank]] us, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">to be more than enough, remain over</b>, τἀρκοῦντα καὶ περιττεύοντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.35</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π. [ἀργύριον</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.7</span>; ἂν ᾖ τι… περιττεῦον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>855b</span>; εἴ τι π. ἀπὸ τῶν τόκων <span class="title">SIG</span>672.19 (Delph., ii B. C.); ἡ περιττεύουσα τροφή <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 619a20</span>; τὸ π. τῶν κλασμάτων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>14.20</span>; <b class="b3">τοσοῦτον τῷ Περικλεῖ ἐπερίσσευσε, κτλ</b>. such [[abundance]] of reason [[had]] Pericles for his belief, <span class="bibl">Th.2.65</span>; τοσόνδ' ἐπερίσσευσεν αὐτοῖς εὐνοίας <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>19.1.18</span>; τὸ ἀνδρεῖον ἐπερίττευεν αὐτῇ <span class="bibl">D.H.3.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, to [[be superfluous]], τὰ περισσεύοντα τῶν λόγων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1288</span>; <b class="b3">ἵν' ἐμοὶ περιττεύῃ</b>, i. e. that I may be over-rich, <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.64</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[abound in]], [[χορηγίᾳ]], opp. [[ἐλλείπω]], <span class="bibl">Plb.18.35.5</span>, etc.; αἱ ἐκκλησίαι ἐπερίσσευον τῷ ἀριθμῷ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>16.5</span> :—Med., c. gen., περισσεύονται ἄρτων <b class="b2">have more than enough of</b>…, Ev.Luc.15.17. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be superior]], <b class="b3">π. παρά τινα</b> to [[be better than]]... <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ec.</span>3.19</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπέρ τινα</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ma.</span>3.30</span> (v.l.); [[be better]], [[have the advantage]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>14.12</span>; <b class="b3">π. μᾶλλον</b> [[abound]] more and more, sc. in Christian graces, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Thess.</span>4.1</span>, ''ΙΙ'':—Med., [[περισσευόμεθα]], opp. [[ὑστερούμεθα]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>8.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> causal, [[make to abound]], <b class="b3">πᾶσαν χάριν π</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>9.8</span>; τινὰς τῇ ἀγάπῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Thess.</span>3.12</span> :—Pass., to [[be made to abound]], Ev.Matt.13.12, 25.29. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], <b class="b3">π. τὰς ὥρας</b> [[make]] them [[longer]], <span class="bibl">Ath.2.42b</span>.</span>