περισσός
Alt. περισσός, atticπεριττός, ή, όν
Etym. περί
I. "beyond the regular number or size, prodigious", Hes.
2. "out of the common way, extraordinary, uncommon, remarkable, signal, strange", εἴ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη σοφίης if he has any "signal" gift of wisdom, Theogn.; so, π. λόγος Soph.; οὐ γὰρ περισσὸν οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἔξω λόγου πέπονθας Eur.
3. of persons, "extraordinary, eminent, remarkable", esp. for learning, id=Eur.
4. c. gen., περισσὸς ἄλλων πρός τι "beyond" others in a thing, Soph.; θύσει τοῦδε περισσότερα "greater things than" this, Anth.; περιττότερος προφήτου "greater than" a prophet, NTest.
II. "more than sufficient, redundant, superfluous", Xen.; περιττὸν ἔχειν to have "a surplus", id=Xen.; c. gen., τῶν ἀρκούντων περιττά "more than" sufficient, id=Xen.:—often in military sense, οἱ π. ἱππεῖς the "reserve" horse, id=Xen.; π. σκηναί "spare" tents, id=Xen.; τὸ π. "the surplus, residue", id=Xen.
2. in bad sense, "superfluous", Trag.
3. "excessive, extravagant", περισσὰ μηχανᾶσθαι to commit "extravagancies", Hdt.; περισσὰ δρᾶν, πράσσειν to be "over" busy, Soph.
4. of persons, "extravagant, over-curious", περισσὸς καὶ φρονῶν μέγα Eur.; π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Δημοσθένης Aeschin.
III. in Arithmetic, ἀριθμὸς περιττός is an "odd, uneven" number, opp. to ἄρτιος, Plat., etc.
B. adv. περισσῶς, "extraordinarily, exceedingly", Hdt., Eur.; π. παῖδας ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι to have them educated "overmuch", Eur.; also περισσά, Pind., Eur.
2. "in a peculiar manner, remarkably", περισσότερον τῶν ἄλλων θάψαι τινά "more sumptuously", Hdt.
3. often with a negat., οὐδὲν περισσότερον τῶν ἄλλων Plat.
4. τὰ περισσά "in vain", Anth.
II. ἐκ περιττοῦ as adv. "superfluously, uselessly", Plat.