A.“πεπλεόνακα” D.S.1.90:—Pass., pf. “-ασμαι” Hp.Fract.7, etc.: aor. “-άσθην” Id.Art.47: (πλέον):—to be more, esp. to be more than enough, superfluous, opp. ἐλλείπειν, ὑπολείπειν, Arist.EN1106a31, Col.799a18; τὸ πλεονάζον the excess, PRev.Laws 57.13 (iii B. C.), LXXEx.26.12; π. παρά c. acc., to be in excess of . . , ib.Nu.3.46; “ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία” Ep.Rom.5.20; of animals, have more than the due number of limbs, opp. κολοβὰ γίνεσθαι, Arist.GA770b32; of visits, to be frequent, Plb.4.3.12; of the sea, encroach, Arist.Mete.351b6, cf. Plu.2.366b; πάθος defined as ὁρμὴ πλεονάζουσα, Zeno Stoic.1.50; εἰκασία ἐστὶ μεταφορὰ πλεονάζουσα simile is expanded metaphor, Demetr.Eloc. 80; “τὸ ς_ πλεονάσαν” used to excess, D.H.Comp.14: Gramm., to be redundant, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1012.21, etc.; “Ἀρίσταρχος οὐκ ἔλεγε πλεονάζειν τὸ ἄρθρον” A.D.Synt.6.2; also of letters, τὸ ε_ πλεονάζει (in ἑ-ώρων) Id.Pron.58.25; but π. τῷ ι_ to have an added ι_ (as in ἐμεῖο), ib. 38.20; cf. 111.6.
2. c. gen., exceed, opp. λείπω, Ptol.Geog.1.20.7: abs., τὸ -άζον ἔργον the extra work, PLille 1v.16 (iii B. C.); τοὺς -άζοντας τῶν ρκέ (sc. ἐρίφους) the odd 25 out of 125, PCair.Zen.422.7 (iii B. C.).
II. of persons, go beyond bounds, take or claim too much, Isoc.2.33, 12.85, D.9.24, 39.14: c. dat., presume upon . . , “εὐτυχίᾳ” Th.1.120; but “π. κυνηγεσίαις” go beyond bounds in . . , Str.11.5.1; of a writer, “τοῖς ὀνόμασι π.” Id.3.3.7: abs., to be lengthy, tedious, Id.9.1.16, D.S.1.90, LXX2 Ma.2.32; περί τινος Parmenisc. ap. Ath.4.156d.
2. π. τινός have an excess of, abound in a thing, opp. ἐνδεὴς εἶναι, Arist.Pol.1257a33, cf. Epicur.Sent.4; but π. τοῦ καιροῦ exceed all bounds . . , of a writer, D.H.Comp.22.
III. c. acc., state at a higher figure, Str.6.3.10:—Pass., to be magnified, exaggerated, [“νομίσειεν ἂν] ἔστιν ἃ πλεονάζεσθαι” Th.2.35, cf. Str.2.4.3; πεπλεόνασται has been overdone, opp. ἐνδεὲς πεποίηται, Hp.Fract.7, cf. Art.47.
2. make to increase, “τινὰς τῇ ἀγάπῃ” 1 Ep.Thess.3.12.
4. raise the price of, τι Aristid.1.170J.
5. Pass., to be deceived, prob. f.l. for πλεονεκτεῖσθαι, Stob.2.7.11m.
6. Gramm., use in addition or redundantly, εἰώθασιν οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὰ ἄρθρα πλεονάζειν Sch.Ar.Pl.5; “Αἰολεῖς πλεονάζουσιν ἕτερον σύμφωνον” EM84.18:—Pass., τὸ υ_ πλεοναζόμενον ψιλοῦται ib.440.12.
7. to be in excess of unity, partake of plurality, Procl.Inst.2.