Dictionary entry

G04121

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

πλεονάζω

Etym. πλέον

I. "to be more", esp. "to be more than enough, be superfluous", Arist.

II. of persons, "to go beyond bounds, take or claim too much", Dem.:—c. dat. "to presume upon", τῆι εὐτυχίαι Thuc.: of a writer, "to be lengthy, tedious", Lat. multus sum, Strab.

2. πλεονάζειν τινός "to have an excess of, abound in" a thing, Arist.

III. c. acc. "to state at a larger amount", Strab.:—Pass. "to be exaggerated", Thuc.