Πλεονεκτῶ

I exceed

Translated by David Whitehead4 Aug 2011Vetting: high7 revisions

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The [verb that means] I have more; [used] with a genitive; "and [he/she/it] exceeds the books [or: words] of Thucydides".¹ But ple [sc. also means] I wrong; [used] with an accusative; as in, "the devil has an advantage over us".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλεονεκτῶ· τὸ πλέον ἔχω· γενικῇ· καὶ τῶν Θουκυδίδου λόγων πλεονεκτεῖ. πλεονεκτῶ δὲ τὸ ἀδικῶ· αἰτιατικῇ. ὡς τό, πλεονεκτεῖ ἡμᾶς ὁ διάβολος.

Betacode

*pleonektw=: to\ ple/on e)/xw: genikh=|: kai\ tw=n *qoukudi/dou lo/gwn pleonektei=. pleonektw= de\ to\ a)dikw=: ai)tiatikh=|. w(s to/, pleonektei= h(ma=s o( dia/bolos.

Notes (2)

See the related noun pleoneci/a at pi 1275 and pi 1726.
1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
2Based, as Adler noted, on 2 Corinthians 2:11 (which does not, however, illustrate this grammatical idiom). ↩

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π1726Πλεονεξίαgreed, acquisitivenessIn the orators they applied [this noun] and the [related verb] plen, each of them, not only in reference to those who think themselves worthy to have more, contrary to justice, but also in reference to the better, when…

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π1722Πλεκοῦνto fuck π1723ΠλέκωI plait, I twist π1724ΠλεονεκτῶI exceed π1725Πλεονεξίαgreed, acquisitiveness π1726Πλεονεξίαgreed, acquisitiveness

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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