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πλείων

Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλείων

Etym.: ple/os

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

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