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πλεονεκτέω

πλεονεκτέω, to have or claim more than one’s share; to have an advantage

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πλεονεκτήσουσι aorist active subjunctive 3rd plural, future active participle masculine dative plural, future active participle neuter dative plural, future active indicative 3rd plural of πλεονεκτέω

See πλεονεκτήσουσι in Morpho

πλεονεκτ-έω, fut. -ήσω Th. 4.62, etc. (πλέον ἐκτήσεται shd. be read in Pl. La. 192e):—
  • Prose Verb, have or claim more than oneʼs due, mostly in bad sense, to be greedy, grasping, Hdt. 8.112, X. Mem. 2.6.21, Pl. Grg. 483c, etc.
      • 2 also, gain or have some advantage, without any bad sense, δυνάμει τινὶ π. Th. 4.62, cf. 86; opp. ἐλαττοῦσθαι, Arist. Rh. 1360a3; πολὺ ἐπλεονέκτει ὁ Πελοπίδας παρὰ τῷ Πέρσῃ X. HG 7.1.34: abs., Arist. Rh. 1402b25, D.S. 12.46; π. ἀπὸ τῶν μὴ καθηκόντων Plb. 6.56.2: freq. with neut. Pron., π. ταῦτα, etc., Th. 4.61, etc.
      • 3 c. gen. rei, have or claim a larger share of than others, τῶν ὠφελίμων Id. 6.39; τοῦ ἡλίου, τοῦ ψύχους, τῶν πόνων, X. Cyr. 1.6.25, cf. Oec. 7.26; δόξης, χάριτος, Arist. EN 1136b22, 1137a1.
    • II c. gen. pers., have or gain the advantage over, τῶν ἐχθρῶν Pl. R. 362b, cf. Hyp. Lyc. 8, etc.; παρά τινος X. Cyr. 1.6.32 (v.l.); παρʼ ἀλλήλων Arist. Pol. 1292b19; τινι in a thing, X. Cyr. 4.3.21, etc.; κατά τι Pl. Euthphr. 15a; περί τι Id. La. 183a; also π. τῶν νόμων gain at the expense of the laws, Id. Lg. 691a; τῆς ὑμετέρας π. εὐηθείας take advantage of your simpleness, D. Prooem. 24.
      • 2 later c. acc. pers., get or have the advantage over, D.H. 9.7, Plu. Marc. 29, Luc. Am. 27: usu. in bad sense, overreach, defraud, πλεονεκτεῖν μηδένα Men. Mon. 259, cf. 1 Ep.Thess. 4.6, 2 Ep.Cor. 7.2, D.Chr. 17.8, D.C. 52.37: in early writers only Pass. in this sense, ὑπό τινων X. Mem. 3.5.2; πλεονεκτεῖσθαι χιλίαις δραχμαῖς to be defrauded in or of 1,000 drachmae, D. 41.25. In Th. 1.77 πλεονεκτεῖσθαι is impers., to be an act of πλεονεξία.
      • 3 Pass., to be surpassed, excelled, τινι Apollod. Poliorc. 173.5.

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