πλεον-άζω
(rarely πλειονάζω, q.v.), fut. -άσω: pf. 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. EN 1106a31, Col. 799a18; τὸ πλεονάζον the excess, PRev.Laws 57.13 (iii B. C.), LXX [Exo 26:12]; π. παρά c. acc., to be in excess of . ., ib. [Num 3:46]; ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία Ep.[Rom 5:20]; of animals, have more than the due number of limbs, opp. κολοβὰ γίνεσθαι, Arist. GA 770b32; 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 ῑ to have an added ῑ (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, LXX [2Ma 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 [1Th 3:12] .
3. eat in too great quantity, τι Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 8.356d, Dsc. 4.75, 82 (all Pass. ).
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 EM 84.18: - Pass., τὸ ῡ πλεοναζόμενον ψιλοῦται ib. 440.12 .
7. to be in excess of unity, partake of plurality, Procl. Inst. 2 .
πλεονάζω pleonazō 9x
to be more than enough; to have more than enough, to have in abundance, [2Co 8:15];
to abound, be abundant, [2Th 1:3]; [2Pe 1:8];
to increase, be augmented, [Rom 5:20];
to come into wider action, be more widely spread, [Rom 6:1]; [2Co 4:15];
in NT trans. to cause to abound or increase, to augment, [1Th 3:12]
G4121 — πλεονάζω
1 aorist ἐπλεόνασα; (πλέον); the Sept. for עָדַף, and רָבָה;
1. intransitive: used of one possessing, to superabound (A. V. to have over), [2Co 8:15]. of things, to exist in abundance (R. V. be multiplied), [2Co 4:15]; to increase, be augmented, [Rom 5:20]; [Rom 6:1]; [2Th 1:8]; [Phi 4:17]; [2Pe 1:8].
2. transitive, to make to increase: τινα τίνι, one in a thing, [1Th 3:12]; for הִרְבָּה, [Num 26:54]; Psalm 70:21; add 1 Macc. 4:35. By secular writings ((from Hippocrates on)) in various other senses. (Compare: ὑπερπλεονάζω.)
πλεονάζω
( < πλέον ),
[in LXX for H5736, H7235, etc.;]
I. Intrans .
1. Of persons;
(a) to abound in ( Arist .);
(b) to superabound: [2Co 8:15] ( LXX ).
2. Of things, to abound, superabound: [Rom 5:20]; Rom 6:1 , [2Co 4:15], [Php 4:17], 2Th 1:3 , [2Pe 1:8].
II. Trans. ([Num 26:54], [Psa 71:21]; not cl , v. Lft., Notes , 48 f .), to make to abound: [1Th 3:12] ( cf. ὑπερ - πλεονάζω ). †
SYN.: περισσεύω G4052, q.v.