πλεονεξία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[πλεονεξίη]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[greediness]], [[assumption]], [[arrogance]], τῶν Σπαρτιητέων ἡ πλεονεξία [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.149, cf. And.4.13, Th.3.82, Isoc.12.240, Pl. ''R.''359c, X.''HG''3.5.15; [[πλεονεξία συγγενική]] = [[wrong done to one's kin]], Iamb. ''VP''24.108.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[assumption]], αἱ ἐν τῷ πυνθάνεσθαι πλεονεξίαι Arist.''SE''175a19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[advantage]], Isoc.4.183, 15.275, D.23.128: pl., αἱ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ πλεονεξίαι Isoc.3.22, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ πλεονεξίαι αἱ ἴδιαι, αἱ δημόσιαι πλεονεξίαι</b>, X.''Cyn.''13.10; [[ἐπὶ πλεονεξίᾳ]] = [[with a viewx to one's own advantage]], Th.3.84, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.6.12; <b class="b3">μετὰ πλεονεξίας τινὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς [τὰ θηρία]</b> Id.''Cyr.''1.6.28; πλεονεξίαι ψυχῆς [[excellence]]s, Plot.4.6.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[a larger share of]] a thing, τῶν πολιτικῶν δικαίων Arist.''Pol.''1282b29.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[gain derived]] from a thing, τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων δικῶν πλεονεξίαν D.21.28; [[αἱ πλεονεξίαι τῶν πλουσίων]] = [[undue gains]], Arist.''Pol.''1297a11, cf. Pl.''R.''586b; π. ἔκ τινος Plb.6.56.3.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[excess]], opp. [[ἔνδεια]], Pl.''Ti.''82a.