πλεονέκτης
First declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πλεονέκτης
πλεονέκτου
Structure:
πλεονεκτ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Sense
- one who has or claims more than his due, greedy, grasping, arrogant
- making gain
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.
- πλεονέκτου ὀφθαλμὸσ οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται μερίδι, καὶ ἀδικία πονηρὰ ἀναξηραίνει ψυχήν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:9)
- ὦ ὁ πλεονεκτῶν πλεονεξίαν κακὴν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τάξαι εἰσ ὕψοσ νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐκσπασθῆναι ἐκ χειρὸσ κακῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:9)
- ὁ δὲ τῇ διαβολῇ κατὰ τῶν ἀπόντων λάθρᾳ χρώμενοσ πῶσ οὐ πλεονέκτησ ἐστὶν ὅλον τὸν ἀκροατὴν σφετεριζόμενοσ καὶ προκαταλαμβάνων αὐτοῦ τὰ ὦτα καὶ ἀποφράττων καὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ λόγῳ παντελῶσ ἄβατα κατασκευάζων αὐτὰ ὑπὸ τῆσ διαβολῆσ προεμπεπλησμένα; (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 8:3)
- οὐκ ἦν ἄρ’, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, χαλεπώτερον οὐδὲν ἢ γείτονοσ πονηροῦ καὶ πλεονέκτου τυχεῖν, ὅπερ ἐμοὶ νυνὶ συμβέβηκεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 2:1)
- ὃ δὲ πάντων μέγιστόν ἐστιν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ᾧ καὶ γνώσεσθε τουτονὶ ὅτι ἄδικόσ ἐστιν καὶ πλεονέκτησ ἄνθρωποσ· (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 54:1)
- δοκεῖ δὴ ὅ τε παράνομοσ ἄδικοσ εἶναι καὶ ὁ πλεονέκτησ καὶ ἄνισοσ, ὥστε δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ὁ δίκαιοσ ἔσται ὅ τε νόμιμοσ καὶ ὁ ἴσοσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 8:2)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ πλεονέκτησ ὁ ἄδικοσ, περὶ τἀγαθὰ ἔσται, οὐ πάντα, ἀλλὰ περὶ ὅσα εὐτυχία καὶ ἀτυχία, ἃ ἐστὶ μὲν ἁπλῶσ ἀεὶ ἀγαθά, τινὶ δ’ οὐκ ἀεί. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 10:1)
- ἀλλ’ ὅτι δοκεῖ καὶ τὸ μεῖον κακὸν ἀγαθόν πωσ εἶναι, τοῦ δ’ ἀγαθοῦ ἐστὶν ἡ πλεονεξία, διὰ τοῦτο δοκεῖ πλεονέκτησ εἶναι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 11:3)
