Strong G4119πλείων, πλεῖον
greater
- Transliteration
- pleiōn pleion pleon
- Pronunciation
- pli'-own pli'-on pleh'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective - Comparative
Definition
Comparative of G4183; more in quantity number or quality; also (in plural) the major portion: - X above + exceed more excellent further (very) great (-er) long (-er) (very) many greater (more) part + yet but.
Detailed definition
πλέον, see: πολύς.
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms;]
1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22,
2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3, Mrk.5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45, Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1Co.16:12, Jas.3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.4:41.
Compar., πλείων
, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater;
1. as adj.: Jhn.15:2, Act.18:2o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11, al.
2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Act.10:32 27:12, 1Co.10:5 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2Co.2:6 4:15, Php.1:14; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10, 2Ti.3:9; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43, Luk.21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4.
3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53.
Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον
, __(a) prop., most: Mat.11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27;
__(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1.
(AS)
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms;]
1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος, Jhn.6:10; χρόνος, Mat.25:19; γογγυσμός, Jhn.7:12; πόνος, Col.4:13; δόξα, Mat.24:30; σιγή, Act.21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mat.13:17; ὄχλοι, Mat.4:25; δαιμόνια, Mrk.1:34; δυνάμεις, Mat.7:22,
2. As subst., pl. masc, πολλοί, many (persons): Mat.7:22, Mrk.2:2, al.; with genitive partit., Mat.3:7, Luk.1:16, al.; before ἐκ, Jhn.7:31, Act.17:12; with art., οἱ π., the many, Mat.24:12, Rom.12:5, 1Co.10:17, 33 2Co.2:17; opposite to ὁ εἶς (Lft., Notes, 291), Rom.5:15, 19; neut. pl., πολλά: Mat.13:3, Mrk.5:26, al.; accusative with adverbial force, Mrk.1:45, Rom.16:6 (Deiss., LAE, 317), 1Co.16:12, Jas.3:2, al.; neut. sing., πολύ: Luk.12:48; adverbially, Mrk.12:27, al.; πολλοῦ (genitive pret.), Mat.26:9; with compar. (Bl., §44, 5), π. σπουδαιότερον, 2Co.8:22; πολλῷ πλείους, Jhn.4:41.
Compar., πλείων
, neut., πλεῖον and πλέον (see WH, App., 151), pl., πλείονες, -ας, -α, contr., πλείους, -ω (cf. Mayser, 69), more, greater;
1. as adj.: Jhn.15:2, Act.18:2o, Heb.3:3; before παρά, Heb.11:4 (cf. Westc, in l. Was ΠΛΙΟΝΑ here a primitive error for ΗΔΙΟΝΑ ?); pi., Act.13:31, al.; with genitive compar., Mat.21:36; with num. (ἤ of comp. omitted), Act.4:22 24:11, al.
2. As subst., οἱ π., the greater number: Act.10:32 27:12, 1Co.10:5 15:6; also (Bl., §44, 3) others, more, the more: 2Co.2:6 4:15, Php.1:14; πλείονα, Luk.11:53; πλειον, πλέον, Mat.20:10, 2Ti.3:9; with genitive comp., Mk 12:43, Luk.21:3; π. Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε, Mat.12:41; adverbially, Act.4:17 20:9 24:4.
3. As adv., πλεῖον: before ἤ, Luk.9:13; with genitive comp., Mat.5:20; πλείω: with num., Mat.26:53.
Superl., πλεῖστος, -η, -ον
, __(a) prop., most: Mat.11:20 21:8; adverbially, τὸ π., 1Co.14:27;
__(b) elative (M, Pr., 79), very great: ὄχλος π., Mrk.4:1.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4119 appears in 55 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- more22
- many13
- greater4
- further3
- part3
- most2
- above1
- excellent1
- great1
- long1
- longer1
- thing1
First verses
- Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Matthew 12:42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- Matthew 20:10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
- Matthew 21:36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
- Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
- Mark 12:43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
- Luke 3:13And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
- Luke 7:42And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
- Luke 7:43Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
- Luke 9:13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
- Luke 11:31The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- Luke 11:32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Luke 11:53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
- Luke 12:23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
- Luke 21:3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
- John 4:1When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
- John 4:41And many more believed because of his own word;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλείων,
πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, comparative of πολύς (on the forms see entry near the end), more, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.739; πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 380)]; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of the majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37)]; πλέον᾽ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.21)]; τὸν πλείω λόγον all further speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 731; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39)]; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν.. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage longer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.39)]; ὁ π. βίος a longer life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 75c; μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός [prev. author] “R.” 435d, etc.)]; of Time, longer, π. χρόνος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.111, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 74; πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.252.)]
2 with Article, οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or crowd,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.673, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.277; οἱ πλεῦνες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.106, etc.: with _genitive_, τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν [prev. work] 1)]; the people, opposed to the chief men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.149, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.73, 89, etc.)]; euphemistic of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1073; εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων “Anthologia Graeca” 11.42 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus))]; ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 7.731 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]; τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.165)]; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opposed to τοῦ μετρίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1211 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17, compare 92.)]
II peculiar usages of neuter:
II.1 as a Noun, more, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, etc.; εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον [prev. author] 1.89)]; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 158 (Musgr. for τί δὲ..))]; to a greater extent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, 7.57, etc.)]; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1189 (Lyric poetry); τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118, etc.)]; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the excess which he reports, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 661 (3rd c.BC))]; ᾧ πλεῖον the excess, probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.42 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 742.26 (3rd c.BC))]; πλέον ἔχειν to have the advantage, have the best of it, like{πλεονεκτέω}, with genitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 343d, 349b, etc.; τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18: more fully, μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 606; π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.29; π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.4, etc.)]; π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19a)]; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.149, 4.7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115c, etc.; παραινοῦσ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 918; οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.344b; οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 284; οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι [prev. author] “IA” 1373, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.20, etc.)]; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no superior knowledge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161b)]; τί πλέο; what more, i.e. what good or use is it? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.95, etc.; τί π. πλουτεῖν.. πάντων ἀποροῦντα; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 531; τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ᾽ ἄ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 322; τί π. ἔστ᾽ εἰς τέκνα πονεῖ; “Supp.epigram” 1.567.1 (Karanis, 3rd c.BC),compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.261.1 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus); also οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.4 (= 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.7), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.31; ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.28; οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 341a; τί τὸ π.; “epigram Gr.” 306 a. 3)]; ἐπὶ πλέον as adverb, more, further, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.171, 5.51, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261b, etc.)]: with genitive, beyond, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9 (but, ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας)]to surpassing height in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.20); also ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1219 codices (Lyric poetry))]; περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, see at {περί} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus IV.)]
II.2 as adverb, more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined rather to the belief.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 41; σέ.. τῶνδ᾽ ἐς πλέον σέβω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 700; ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.125)]; π. ἔλαττον more or less, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“BGU” 402.9 (6th c.AD), “IG” 14.177 (from Syracuse))]; also τὸ π., Ionic dialect τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, etc.)]; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have the larger share, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52)]; τὸ π., ={μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, compare 2.37)]; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not so much.., as.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.83.)]
II.2.b with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.6; οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.23)]; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.141 (perhaps πλεῖν, see below))]; π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 21.3:—in this sense a short form πλεῖν is used by _Attic dialect_ writers (cf. Moer. p.294)] P., but the rule is not universal,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare “IG” 22.657.25 (3rd c.BC), etc.), πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ᾽ ἡμέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 858)]; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (i.e. δραχμάς) [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.” 444; στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια [prev. author] “Av.” 6, compare “Nu.” 1041, 1065, +others; πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν [prev. author] “Lys.” 589; πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος [prev. author] “Ra.” 18, compare 91)]; πλεῖν (πλεῖον codices) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.173; πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 119.10)]; ἤ is frequently omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1251)]; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 17d)]; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 932c; τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.16; λίθους.. ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 1.16)]: with number in genitive, κώμας.. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.34, compare 7.3.12.)]
II.2.c Comedy texts, πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 103, 751.)]
II.2.d plural πλείω used like{πλέον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 417b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.213, etc.; τὰ π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81; πλέω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 868 codices)]
II.2.e regular adverb πλειόνως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 7.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.1.1.)]
B FORMS: Epic dialect use πλείων or πλέων as metre requires, also nominative and accusative plural πλέες, πλέᾰς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.129, 11.395, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.85)] (so, with ι from ε, Cretan dialect πλίες, πλίας, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 7.18,24, “GDI” 5125 B 8, also πλίαδ (δὲ) “Leg.Gort.” 7.29, πλίανς [prev. work]5.54)]; πλέας also Aeolic dialect, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(2).1.9 (Mytil., 4th c.BC)))]; dative plural πλεόνεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.739 (πλεόνεσιν)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.224); Cretan dialect also _accusative_ _sing._ _neuter_ πλίον “Leg.Gort.” 1.37, +others, _genitive_ πλίονος [prev. work]2.39, +others, _neuter_ _plural_ πλίονα [prev. work]4.51, πλία [prev. work]10.17)]; Aeolic dialect πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late Doric dialect, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IPE” 12.79.18 (Byzant., 1st c.AD))]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have -ει- always before -ου- and -ω-, [Refs (“IG” 12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but -ε- and -ει- before -ο-, [prev. work]12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always πλέον).)]
πλέων, ὁ, ἡ, neuter πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖν, comparative of πολύς (on the forms see entry near the end), more, of number, size, extent, etc., οἱ δὲ μάχονται παυρότεροι πλεόνεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.739; πλείων μὲν πλεόνων μελέτη 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 380)]; ἐς πλείονας οἰκεῖν govern for the interest of the majority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.37)]; πλέον᾽ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν greater than.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.21)]; τὸν πλείω λόγον all further speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 731; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων καὶ πλείων ἐπέρρει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39)]; πλείω τὸν πλοῦν.. ποιησάμενοι having made the voyage longer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.39)]; ὁ π. βίος a longer life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 75c; μακροτέρα καὶ π. ὁδός [prev. author] “R.” 435d, etc.)]; of Time, longer, π. χρόνος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.111, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 74; πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.252.)]
2 with Article, οἱ πλέονες the greater number, the mass or crowd,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.673, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.277; οἱ πλεῦνες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.106, etc.: with _genitive_, τὰς πλεῦνας τῶν γυναικῶν [prev. work] 1)]; the people, opposed to the chief men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.149, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.73, 89, etc.)]; euphemistic of the dead, ἀνεστηκυῖα παρὰ τῶν πλειόνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1073; εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἵκηαι ἐς πλεόνων “Anthologia Graeca” 11.42 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus))]; ἐς πλεόνων μετοικεσίην[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 7.731 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]; τὸ πλεῖον πολέμοιο the greater part of.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.165)]; ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει, opposed to τοῦ μετρίου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1211 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ πλέονος ἐλπίδι ὀρέγονται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17, compare 92.)]
II peculiar usages of neuter:
II.1 as a Noun, more, πλεῦν ἔτι τούτου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, etc.; εἴ τι ἐνορῶ πλέον [prev. author] 1.89)]; τὸ δὲ π. nay, what is more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 158 (Musgr. for τί δὲ..))]; to a greater extent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, 7.57, etc.)]; πλέον or τὸ πλέον τινός a higher degree of a thing, τίς πλέον τᾶς εὐδαιμονίας φέρε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1189 (Lyric poetry); τὸ π. τοῦ χρόνου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118, etc.)]; also τὸ π. ὃ ἀναφέρει the excess which he reports, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 661 (3rd c.BC))]; ᾧ πλεῖον the excess, probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.42 (3rd c.BC),compare “PCair.Zen.” 742.26 (3rd c.BC))]; πλέον ἔχειν to have the advantage, have the best of it, like{πλεονεκτέω}, with genitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 343d, 349b, etc.; τὸ π. πάντων ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18: more fully, μοίρης πλεῖον ἔχειν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 606; π. τινὸς φέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.29; π. φέρεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.4, etc.)]; π. ποιεῖν do some good, be successful, βουλοίμην ἂν πλέον τί με ποιῆσαι ἀπολογούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 19a)]; οὐδὲν π. ποιήσειν, -ῆσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.149, 4.7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115c, etc.; παραινοῦσ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐς π. ποιῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 918; οὐδὲν π. ὀψοφαγῶν ποιήσεις 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.344b; οὐδὲν εἴργασμαι π. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 284; οὐδὲν π. πρᾶξαι [prev. author] “IA” 1373, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.20, etc.)]; οὐδὲν ἐπίσταμαι π. have no superior knowledge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161b)]; τί πλέο; what more, i.e. what good or use is it? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.95, etc.; τί π. πλουτεῖν.. πάντων ἀποροῦντα; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 531; τί σοι π. λυπουμένῃ γένοιτ᾽ ἄ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 322; τί π. ἔστ᾽ εἰς τέκνα πονεῖ; “Supp.epigram” 1.567.1 (Karanis, 3rd c.BC),compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.261.1 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus); also οὐδὲν ἦν π. τοῖς πεπονθόσιν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.4 (= 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.7), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.31; ὧν οὐδέν μοι π. γέγονε 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.28; οὐδέν γέ σοι π. ἔσται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 341a; τί τὸ π.; “epigram Gr.” 306 a. 3)]; ἐπὶ πλέον as adverb, more, further, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.171, 5.51, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261b, etc.)]: with genitive, beyond, ἐπὶ π. τῶν ἄλλων ἰσχύσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9 (but, ἐπὶ τὸ π. ἵκεο μοίσας)]to surpassing height in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.20); also ὅταν τις ἐς π. πέσῃ τοῦ θέλοντος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1219 codices (Lyric poetry))]; περὶ πλείονος ποιεῖσθαι, see at {περί} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus IV.)]
II.2 as adverb, more, rather, π. ἔφερέ οἱ ἡ γνώμη κατεργάσεσθαι τὴν Ἑλλάδα he inclined rather to the belief.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; οὐ τοῦτο δειμαίνεις π.; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 41; σέ.. τῶνδ᾽ ἐς πλέον σέβω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 700; ἢ π. ἢ ἔλαττον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.125)]; π. ἔλαττον more or less, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“BGU” 402.9 (6th c.AD), “IG” 14.177 (from Syracuse))]; also τὸ π., Ionic dialect τὸ πλεῦν, for the most part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81, etc.)]; αὐτῆς τὸ π. μέτοχός εἰμι have the larger share, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52)]; τὸ π., ={μᾶλλον, οὐ χάριτι τὸ π. ἢ φόβῳ} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, compare 2.37)]; ἐστὶν ὁ πόλεμος οὐχ ὅπλων τὸ π., ἀλλὰ δαπάνης not so much.., as.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.83.)]
II.2.b with Numerals, τοξότας π. ἢ εἴκοσι μυριάδας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.6; οἶκος πλέον ἢ τεττάρων ταλάντων 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.23)]; ἐν πλέον ἢ διακοσίοις ἔτεσι variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.141 (perhaps πλεῖν, see below))]; π. ἢ ἐν διπλασίῳ χρόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 21.3:—in this sense a short form πλεῖν is used by _Attic dialect_ writers (cf. Moer. p.294)] P., but the rule is not universal,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare “IG” 22.657.25 (3rd c.BC), etc.), πλεῖν ἢ τριάκονθ᾽ ἡμέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 858)]; πλεῖν ἢ χιλίας (i.e. δραχμάς) [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.” 444; στάδια πλεῖν ἢ χίλια [prev. author] “Av.” 6, compare “Nu.” 1041, 1065, +others; πλεῖν ἤ γε διπλοῦν [prev. author] “Lys.” 589; πλεῖν ἢ 'νιαυτῷ πρεσβύτερος [prev. author] “Ra.” 18, compare 91)]; πλεῖν (πλεῖον codices) ἢ πέντε τάλαντα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.173; πλεῖν ἢ δυοῖν ποδοῖν 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 119.10)]; ἤ is frequently omitted, πλεῖν ἑξακοσίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1251)]; ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 17d)]; but δέκα πλείοσιν ἔτεσι for ten years more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 932c; τρεῖς μῆνας καὶ πλείω 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.16; λίθους.. ὅσον μνααίους καὶ πλεῖον καὶ μεῖον [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 1.16)]: with number in genitive, κώμας.. οὐ πλεῖον εἴκοσι σταδίων ἀπεχούσας [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.34, compare 7.3.12.)]
II.2.c Comedy texts, πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι more than to madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 103, 751.)]
II.2.d plural πλείω used like{πλέον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 417b, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.213, etc.; τὰ π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81; πλέω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 868 codices)]
II.2.e regular adverb πλειόνως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 7.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.1.1.)]
B FORMS: Epic dialect use πλείων or πλέων as metre requires, also nominative and accusative plural πλέες, πλέᾰς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.129, 11.395, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.85)] (so, with ι from ε, Cretan dialect πλίες, πλίας, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 7.18,24, “GDI” 5125 B 8, also πλίαδ (δὲ) “Leg.Gort.” 7.29, πλίανς [prev. work]5.54)]; πλέας also Aeolic dialect, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(2).1.9 (Mytil., 4th c.BC)))]; dative plural πλεόνεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.739 (πλεόνεσιν)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.224); Cretan dialect also _accusative_ _sing._ _neuter_ πλίον “Leg.Gort.” 1.37, +others, _genitive_ πλίονος [prev. work]2.39, +others, _neuter_ _plural_ πλίονα [prev. work]4.51, πλία [prev. work]10.17)]; Aeolic dialect πλήων Hdn.Gr.2.431, also late Doric dialect, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IPE” 12.79.18 (Byzant., 1st c.AD))]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have -ει- always before -ου- and -ω-, [Refs (“IG” 12.76.7, 22.657.25, 2498.22, etc., but -ε- and -ει- before -ο-, [prev. work]12.94.33,40.3,4, 22.2670.4 (but always πλέον).)]