Strong G4057περισσῶς
excessively
- Transliteration
- perissōs
- Pronunciation
- per-is-soce'
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from G4053; superabundantly: - exceedingly out of measure the more.
Detailed definition
περισσῶς
adv. (περισσός) [in LXX: Psa.31:23 (יֶתֶר -עַל), Da TH Dan.7:7, 19 8:9 (יַתִּיר, יֶתֶר) 2Ma.8:27 2Mac 12:44 A *;]
beyond measure, exceedingly, abundantly: Mat.27:23, Mrk.10:26 15:14, Act.26:11. Compar.
__(a) περισσότερον (see: περισσός);
__(b) περισσοτέρως: 2Co.1:12 2:4 7:15 11:23, Gal.1:14, Php.1:14, 1Th.2:17, Heb.2:1 13:19; π. μᾶλλον, 2Co.7:13; opposite to ἧττον, 2Co.12:15.†
(AS)
adv. (περισσός) [in LXX: Psa.31:23 (יֶתֶר -עַל), Da TH Dan.7:7, 19 8:9 (יַתִּיר, יֶתֶר) 2Ma.8:27 2Mac 12:44 A *;]
beyond measure, exceedingly, abundantly: Mat.27:23, Mrk.10:26 15:14, Act.26:11. Compar.
__(a) περισσότερον (see: περισσός);
__(b) περισσοτέρως: 2Co.1:12 2:4 7:15 11:23, Gal.1:14, Php.1:14, 1Th.2:17, Heb.2:1 13:19; π. μᾶλλον, 2Co.7:13; opposite to ἧττον, 2Co.12:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4057 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abundantly4
- exceedingly4
- abundant2
- more2
- earnest1
- frequent1
- measure1
- rather1
First verses
- Matthew 27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
- Mark 10:26And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
- Mark 15:14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
- Acts 26:11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
- 2 Corinthians 7:13Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
- 2 Corinthians 7:15And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
- Galatians 1:14And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
- Philippians 1:14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
- Hebrews 2:1Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
- Hebrews 13:19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
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Included with: περισσός,
Attic dialect περιττός, ή, όν, (from περί, as ἔπισσαι from ἐπί, μέτασσαι from μετά) beyond the regular number or size, prodigious, δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 399 (never in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus); μος “Tragica Adespota” 458.3)]; στάθμα, uncertain meaning, see at {ἕλκω} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.)]
2 out of the common, extraordinary, strange, ἔ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη if he has any signal knowledge, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 769)]; εἴ τι φρονεῖς καί τι περισσὸν ἔχεις Philisc.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((“PLG” 2.327); π. λόγος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 841; ἄγρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1197 (Lyric poetry); πάθος [prev. author] “Supp.” 791 (Lyric poetry); βίος οὐδὲν ἔχων π. ἀλλὰ πάντα σμικρά 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 51; οὐ γὰρ π. οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἔξω λόγου πέπονθας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 437; περισσότερα παθήματα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5; τὰ π. τῶν ἔργων καὶ τερατώδη 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.77)]; ἴδια καὶ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 15.145; π. καὶ θαυμαστά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1141b6)]; πρᾶξις π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1312a27; οὐθὲν δὴ λέγοντες π. φαίνονταί τι λέγειν [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1053b3)]; τί π. ποιεῖτ; [NT+4th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.5.47; περιττοτάτη φύσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 531a9)]; συνανθρωπίζον.. πάντων περισσότατον, of the dog, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.611c, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 24)]; in Literature, striking, τὸ περιττόν, as a quality of οἱ τοῦ Σωκράτους λόγοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265a11)]; τὰ σοφὰ καὶ τὰ π. refinements, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 409)]; opposed to κοινὸς καὶ δημώδης, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 40.2)] (but also, elaborate, π. καὶ πεποιημένος [Refs ([prev. author] 3.4)]; in bad sense, far-fetched, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 2, “Dem.” 56).)]
3 of persons, extraordinary, remarkable, especially for great learning, π. ὢν ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 948; τοὺς.. π. καί τι πράσσοντας πλέον [prev. author] “fragment” 788)]; δυστυχεῖς εἶναι τοὺς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 983a2; π. γένος τῶν μελιττῶν [prev. author] “GA” 760a4)]: frequently with the manner added, π. κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 953a10)]; περὶ τὸν ἄλλον βίον περιττότερος somewhat extravagant or eccentric, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1267 b24)]; τῇ φύσει π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “HA” 622b6; κάλλει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 2; ἐν ἅπασι [prev. author] “Dem.” 3; τὴν ὥραν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.12)]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18.)]
4 with genitive, περισσὸς ἄλλων πρός τι beyond others in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 155)]; θύσει τοῦδε περισσότερα greater things than this, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.321 (Leon. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor); περιττότερος προφήτου)]one greater than.., [NT (NT.Matt.11.9.)]
II more than sufficient, superfluous, αἱ π. δαπάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.6)]; περιττὸν ἔχειν to have a surplus, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.6.31)]; οἱ μὲν.. περιττὰ ἔχουσιν, οἱ δὲ οὐδὲ τὰ ἀναγκαῖα.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 20.1: with _genitive_, τῶν ἀρκούντων περιττά)] more than sufficient, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.2.21; τὰ π. τῶν ἱκανῶν [prev. author] “Hier.” 1.19: frequently in military sense, οἱ π. ἱππεῖς)] the reserve horse, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 8.14; οἱ π. τῆς φυλακῆς [prev. work] 7.7)]; π. σκηναί spare tents, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.6.12 (but τοῖς περιττοῖς χρήσεσθαι)] their superior numbers, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.8.11, compare “Cyr.” 6.3.20))]; τὸ π. the surplus, residue, Inscription cited in [same work][Refs (“An.” 5.3.13 (but τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰουδαίου)] the advantage of the Jew, [NT (NT.Rom.3.1))]; Ἁρπυιῶν τὰ π. their leavings, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 11.239 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]; τὸ π. τῆς ἡμέρας the remainder of the day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 1.3)]; π. γράμματα supplementary provisions in a will, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 326ii9 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 in bad sense, superfluous, useless, οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 13)]; μόχθος π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 385, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 780; π. κἀνόνητα σώματα [prev. author] “Aj.” 758; βάρος π. γῆς ἀναστρωφώμενοι [prev. author] “fragment” 945; ἄχθος [prev. author] “El.” 1241 (Lyric poetry); τὰ γὰρ π. πανταχοῦ λυπήρ᾽ ἔπη [prev. author] “fragment” 82; αὐδῶ σε μὴ περισσὰ κηρύσσειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1048; π. πάντες οὑν μέσῳ λόγοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 819; π. φωνῶν [prev. author] “Supp.” 459.)]
II.3 excessive, extravagant, μηχανᾶσθαι περισσά commit extravagances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32)]; περισσὰ δρᾶν, πράσσειν, to be over-busy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 617, “Ant.” 68)]; π. φρονεῖν to be over-wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 924 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ π. αὕτη ἐπιμέλεια τοῦ σώματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b)]; μῆκος πολὺ λόγων π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 645c)]; redundant, overdone, οἱ καρτεροὶ καὶ π. λόγοι [Refs ([prev. author] “Ax.” 365c, etc.)]; of dress, ἐσθὴς π. [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.615d; περισσοτέρα λύπη NT.2Cor.2.7)]; τοῦ τὰ δέοντ᾽ ἔχειν περιττὰ μισῶ I hate extravagance in comparison with moderation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 254, etc.)]
II.4 of persons, over-wise, over-curious, περισσὸς καὶ φρονῶν μέγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 445, compare “Ba.” 429 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ πολυπράγμων καὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.1.4)]; τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα θεραπείαν ἀκριβὴς καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 8)]; so, of speakers, π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Δημοσθένης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119.)]
II.5 as a term of praise, subtle, acute, ἀκριβὴς καὶ π. διάνοια [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 141b13.)]
III Arith., ἀριθμὸς π. an odd, uneven number, opposed to ἄρτιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 170.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e, etc.; π. ἡμέραι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.61)]; τὸ π. καὶ τὸ ἄρτιον the nature of odd and even, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 451c, etc.)]; π. χῶραι the odd places in a verse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 5.1; ἀρτιάκις π. ἀριθμός a number divisible by an odd number an even number of times, as 2, 6, 10, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 7 “Def.” 9.)]
IV περισσότεροι more in number, extra, Carnead. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.140.)]
V περιττόν, τό, ={στρύχνος μανικός, θρύον}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (11, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.6; περισσόν 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.73; περίσκον 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 12.8.56.)]
B adverb περισσῶς extraordinarily, exceedingly, θεοσεβέεες π. ἐόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37)]; ἐπαινέσεται π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1197 (Lyric poetry))]; π. παῖδας ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι to have them educated overmuch, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 295)]; περιττοτέρως τῶν ἄλλων far above all others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.44; περισσότερον τοῦ ἑνός 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 14; also περισσά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.43, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 579, etc.)]
B.2 remarkably, περισσότερον τῶν ἄλλων θάψαι τινά more sumptuously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.129; οἴκησις π. ἐσκευασμένη 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.7)]; περιττότατα ἔχειν to be most remarkable, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589a31; κοσμουμένη π. καὶ σεμνῶς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.145e)]; περισσότατα ἀνθρώπων θρησκεύειν in the most singular way, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.17)]; ἡδέως καὶ π. in an uncommon manner, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3)]; εἰπεῖν στρογγύλως καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Is.” 20)]; ἰδίως καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 19)]; τὰ καινῶς ἱστορούμενα καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.30d.)]
B.3 abundantly, ἐχέτω π. τῆς κρόκης [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.41.)]
B.4 with a negative, οὐδὲν περισσὸν τούτων nothing more than or beyond these, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.6; οὐδὲν τῶν ἄλλων περιττότερον πραγματεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20c)]; οὐδὲν π. ἢ εἰ.. no otherwise than if.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 219c)]; περισσόν alone, furthermore, [LXX (LXX.Eccl.12.12, +others)]
B.5 τὰ περισσά in vain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 12.182 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus).)]
B.II ἐκ περιττοῦ superfluously, uselessly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338c, “Sph.” 265e)]; but ὑπερέχειν ἐκ π. to be far superior, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 734d, compare 802d)]; ἡ κάμινος ἐκαύθη ἐκ π. [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Dan.3.22; ἐκ π. χρησάμενος τῇ παρρησίᾳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pro Merc.Cond.” 13; compare ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ.)]
Attic dialect περιττός, ή, όν, (from περί, as ἔπισσαι from ἐπί, μέτασσαι from μετά) beyond the regular number or size, prodigious, δῶρα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 399 (never in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus); μος “Tragica Adespota” 458.3)]; στάθμα, uncertain meaning, see at {ἕλκω} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.)]
2 out of the common, extraordinary, strange, ἔ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη if he has any signal knowledge, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 769)]; εἴ τι φρονεῖς καί τι περισσὸν ἔχεις Philisc.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((“PLG” 2.327); π. λόγος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 841; ἄγρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1197 (Lyric poetry); πάθος [prev. author] “Supp.” 791 (Lyric poetry); βίος οὐδὲν ἔχων π. ἀλλὰ πάντα σμικρά 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 51; οὐ γὰρ π. οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἔξω λόγου πέπονθας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 437; περισσότερα παθήματα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.5; τὰ π. τῶν ἔργων καὶ τερατώδη 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.77)]; ἴδια καὶ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 15.145; π. καὶ θαυμαστά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1141b6)]; πρᾶξις π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1312a27; οὐθὲν δὴ λέγοντες π. φαίνονταί τι λέγειν [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1053b3)]; τί π. ποιεῖτ; [NT+4th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.5.47; περιττοτάτη φύσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 531a9)]; συνανθρωπίζον.. πάντων περισσότατον, of the dog, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.611c, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 24)]; in Literature, striking, τὸ περιττόν, as a quality of οἱ τοῦ Σωκράτους λόγοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265a11)]; τὰ σοφὰ καὶ τὰ π. refinements, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 409)]; opposed to κοινὸς καὶ δημώδης, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 40.2)] (but also, elaborate, π. καὶ πεποιημένος [Refs ([prev. author] 3.4)]; in bad sense, far-fetched, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 2, “Dem.” 56).)]
3 of persons, extraordinary, remarkable, especially for great learning, π. ὢν ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 948; τοὺς.. π. καί τι πράσσοντας πλέον [prev. author] “fragment” 788)]; δυστυχεῖς εἶναι τοὺς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 983a2; π. γένος τῶν μελιττῶν [prev. author] “GA” 760a4)]: frequently with the manner added, π. κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 953a10)]; περὶ τὸν ἄλλον βίον περιττότερος somewhat extravagant or eccentric, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1267 b24)]; τῇ φύσει π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “HA” 622b6; κάλλει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 2; ἐν ἅπασι [prev. author] “Dem.” 3; τὴν ὥραν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.12)]: with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18.)]
4 with genitive, περισσὸς ἄλλων πρός τι beyond others in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 155)]; θύσει τοῦδε περισσότερα greater things than this, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.321 (Leon. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor); περιττότερος προφήτου)]one greater than.., [NT (NT.Matt.11.9.)]
II more than sufficient, superfluous, αἱ π. δαπάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.6)]; περιττὸν ἔχειν to have a surplus, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.6.31)]; οἱ μὲν.. περιττὰ ἔχουσιν, οἱ δὲ οὐδὲ τὰ ἀναγκαῖα.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 20.1: with _genitive_, τῶν ἀρκούντων περιττά)] more than sufficient, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.2.21; τὰ π. τῶν ἱκανῶν [prev. author] “Hier.” 1.19: frequently in military sense, οἱ π. ἱππεῖς)] the reserve horse, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 8.14; οἱ π. τῆς φυλακῆς [prev. work] 7.7)]; π. σκηναί spare tents, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.6.12 (but τοῖς περιττοῖς χρήσεσθαι)] their superior numbers, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.8.11, compare “Cyr.” 6.3.20))]; τὸ π. the surplus, residue, Inscription cited in [same work][Refs (“An.” 5.3.13 (but τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰουδαίου)] the advantage of the Jew, [NT (NT.Rom.3.1))]; Ἁρπυιῶν τὰ π. their leavings, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 11.239 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus))]; τὸ π. τῆς ἡμέρας the remainder of the day, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 1.3)]; π. γράμματα supplementary provisions in a will, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 326ii9 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 in bad sense, superfluous, useless, οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 13)]; μόχθος π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 385, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 780; π. κἀνόνητα σώματα [prev. author] “Aj.” 758; βάρος π. γῆς ἀναστρωφώμενοι [prev. author] “fragment” 945; ἄχθος [prev. author] “El.” 1241 (Lyric poetry); τὰ γὰρ π. πανταχοῦ λυπήρ᾽ ἔπη [prev. author] “fragment” 82; αὐδῶ σε μὴ περισσὰ κηρύσσειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1048; π. πάντες οὑν μέσῳ λόγοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 819; π. φωνῶν [prev. author] “Supp.” 459.)]
II.3 excessive, extravagant, μηχανᾶσθαι περισσά commit extravagances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32)]; περισσὰ δρᾶν, πράσσειν, to be over-busy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 617, “Ant.” 68)]; π. φρονεῖν to be over-wise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 924 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ π. αὕτη ἐπιμέλεια τοῦ σώματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b)]; μῆκος πολὺ λόγων π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 645c)]; redundant, overdone, οἱ καρτεροὶ καὶ π. λόγοι [Refs ([prev. author] “Ax.” 365c, etc.)]; of dress, ἐσθὴς π. [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.615d; περισσοτέρα λύπη NT.2Cor.2.7)]; τοῦ τὰ δέοντ᾽ ἔχειν περιττὰ μισῶ I hate extravagance in comparison with moderation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 254, etc.)]
II.4 of persons, over-wise, over-curious, περισσὸς καὶ φρονῶν μέγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 445, compare “Ba.” 429 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ πολυπράγμων καὶ π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.1.4)]; τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα θεραπείαν ἀκριβὴς καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 8)]; so, of speakers, π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Δημοσθένης [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.119.)]
II.5 as a term of praise, subtle, acute, ἀκριβὴς καὶ π. διάνοια [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 141b13.)]
III Arith., ἀριθμὸς π. an odd, uneven number, opposed to ἄρτιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 170.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e, etc.; π. ἡμέραι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.61)]; τὸ π. καὶ τὸ ἄρτιον the nature of odd and even, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 451c, etc.)]; π. χῶραι the odd places in a verse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 5.1; ἀρτιάκις π. ἀριθμός a number divisible by an odd number an even number of times, as 2, 6, 10, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 7 “Def.” 9.)]
IV περισσότεροι more in number, extra, Carnead. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.140.)]
V περιττόν, τό, ={στρύχνος μανικός, θρύον}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (11, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.6; περισσόν 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.73; περίσκον 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 12.8.56.)]
B adverb περισσῶς extraordinarily, exceedingly, θεοσεβέεες π. ἐόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37)]; ἐπαινέσεται π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1197 (Lyric poetry))]; π. παῖδας ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι to have them educated overmuch, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 295)]; περιττοτέρως τῶν ἄλλων far above all others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.44; περισσότερον τοῦ ἑνός 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 14; also περισσά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.43, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 579, etc.)]
B.2 remarkably, περισσότερον τῶν ἄλλων θάψαι τινά more sumptuously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.129; οἴκησις π. ἐσκευασμένη 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.29.7)]; περιττότατα ἔχειν to be most remarkable, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 589a31; κοσμουμένη π. καὶ σεμνῶς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.145e)]; περισσότατα ἀνθρώπων θρησκεύειν in the most singular way, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.17)]; ἡδέως καὶ π. in an uncommon manner, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3)]; εἰπεῖν στρογγύλως καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Is.” 20)]; ἰδίως καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 19)]; τὰ καινῶς ἱστορούμενα καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] 2.30d.)]
B.3 abundantly, ἐχέτω π. τῆς κρόκης [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.41.)]
B.4 with a negative, οὐδὲν περισσὸν τούτων nothing more than or beyond these, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.6; οὐδὲν τῶν ἄλλων περιττότερον πραγματεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20c)]; οὐδὲν π. ἢ εἰ.. no otherwise than if.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 219c)]; περισσόν alone, furthermore, [LXX (LXX.Eccl.12.12, +others)]
B.5 τὰ περισσά in vain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 12.182 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus).)]
B.II ἐκ περιττοῦ superfluously, uselessly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338c, “Sph.” 265e)]; but ὑπερέχειν ἐκ π. to be far superior, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 734d, compare 802d)]; ἡ κάμινος ἐκαύθη ἐκ π. [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Theodotion LXX.Dan.3.22; ἐκ π. χρησάμενος τῇ παρρησίᾳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pro Merc.Cond.” 13; compare ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ.)]