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πλείων?

Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: pleiōn

Principal Part: πλείων

Etym.: πλέος

Sense

  1. more, comparative of πολύς ‎(polús)
  2. (in the plural, with the definite article) the greater number, the mass or crowd

Examples

  • τοῖς δὲ ἤδη γεγηρακόσιν ὅσῳ πλεῖον τοῦ φρονεῖν ἢ τοῖς νέοις μέτεστι, τοσούτῳ καὶ πλείων ἐγγίνεται πόθος τῆς πατρίδος: (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 9:2)
  • τὸ γὰρ προπονῆσαι πολλὰ καὶ προκαμεῖν οὐκ ἀνάλωσιν τῆς ἰσχύος, ἀλλ ἐπίδοσιν ἐργάζεται, καὶ ἀναρριπιζομένη πλείων γίγνεται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 26:7)
  • πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη, μείζων δ ἐπιθήκη. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 44:4)
  • πλειὼν δὲ κατὰ χθονὸς ἄρμενος εἶσιν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 68:4)
  • "πλείων ἡ ἀναισχυντία καὶ θράσος. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:70)

Synonyms

  1. more

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