πλεονεξία
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πλεονεξία
Structure:
πλεονεξι
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- the character and conduct of a pleone/kths, greediness, grasping, assumption, arrogance
- gain, advantage, one's own advantage
- advantage over
- a larger share of, gain made
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὁ δὲ Μενέλαοσ διὰ τὰσ τῶν κρατούντων πλεονεξίασ ἔμενεν ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ ἐπιφυόμενοσ τῇ κακίᾳ, μέγασ τῶν πολιτῶν ἐπίβουλοσ καθεστώσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:50)
- ἀρὰ ἔδεται ταύτην τὴν βουλήν. αὕτη γὰρ ἡ βουλὴ ἕνεκεν πλεονεξίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 28:8)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐσ τοσοῦτον ἥκει πλεονεξίασ τε καὶ ἀνομίασ,^ ὥστε ἐφ’ οἷσ ἡσύχασα πολλάκισ οὐκ ἀγαπῶν, ἄλλ’ ^ ἤδη καὶ πλείω προσβιάζεται, ἀναγκαίωσ αὐτὸ εὐθύνω νῦν παρὰ τοῖσ ἀμφότερα εἰδόσιν ὑμῖν. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 2:1)
- οὕτω γὰρ ἐξηρτήμεθα τῶν ἐλπίδων καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ δοκούσασ εἶναι πλεονεξίασ ἀπλήστωσ ἔχομεν, ὥστ’ οὐδὲ οἱ κεκτημένοι τοὺσ μεγίστουσ πλούτουσ μένειν ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐθέλουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ τοῦ πλείονοσ ὀρεγόμενοι περὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κινδυνεύουσι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 1:7)
- μὰ Δί’ οὐ τὰ τοιαῦτα κινάδη, οἳ πεποιήκασι μὲν οὐδὲν οὐδὲ πράξουσιν ἀγαθὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ, τὴν δὲ αὑτῶν ἀσφάλειαν τηροῦντεσ καὶ πανταχόθεν ἀργυριζόμενοι καὶ πεποιηκότεσ τὴν πόλιν ἀδοξοτέραν ἑαυτῶν, καὶ νῦν εἰλημμένοι δῶρα καθ’ ὑμῶν εἰληφότεσ, παρακρούονται ὑμᾶσ, καὶ ἀξιοῦσι τοιοῦτοι γεγενημένοι περὶ τῆσ ἑαυτῶν πλεονεξίασ παραγγέλλειν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 47:2)
Synonyms
-
gain
- σφετερισμός (appropriation, for one's own use and advantage)
