A.to be over and above the number, μύριοί εἰσιν ἀριθμόν . . , εἷς δὲ π. Hes.Fr.160 ; περιττεύσουσιν ἡμῶν οἱ πολέμιοι the enemy will go beyond us, outflank us, X.An.4.8.11.
II. to be more than enough, remain over, “τἀρκοῦντα καὶ περιττεύοντα” Id.Smp.4.35 ; τὸ π. [ἀργύριον] Id.Vect.4.7; “ἂν ᾖ τι . . περιττεῦον” Pl.Lg.855b; “εἴ τι π. ἀπὸ τῶν τόκων” SIG672.19 (Delph., ii B. C.); “ἡ περιττεύουσα τροφή” Arist.HA 619a20; “τὸ π. τῶν κλασμάτων” Ev.Matt.14.20; τοσοῦτον τῷ Περικλεῖ ἐπερίσσευσε, κτλ. such abundance of reason had Pericles for his belief, Th.2.65; “τοσόνδ᾽ ἐπερίσσευσεν αὐτοῖς εὐνοίας” J.AJ19.1.18; “τὸ ἀνδρεῖον ἐπερίττευεν αὐτῇ” D.H.3.11.
2. in bad sense, to be superfluous, “τὰ περισσεύοντα τῶν λόγων” S.El.1288; ἵν᾽ ἐμοὶ περιττεύῃ, i. e. that I may be over-rich, Diog.Oen.64.
III. of persons, abound in, χορηγίᾳ, opp. ἐλλείπω, Plb.18.35.5, etc.; “αἱ ἐκκλησίαι ἐπερίσσευον τῷ ἀριθμῷ” Act.Ap.16.5 :—Med., c. gen., “περισσεύονται ἄρτων” have more than enough of . . , Ev.Luc.15.17.
2. to be superior, π. παρά τινα to be better than . . , LXX Ec.3.19; ὑπέρ τινα ib.1 Ma.3.30 (v.l.); be better, have the advantage, 1 Ep.Cor.14.12; π. μᾶλλον abound more and more, sc. in Christian graces, 1 Ep.Thess.4.1, 11:—Med., περισσευόμεθα, opp. ὑστερούμεθα, 1 Ep.Cor.8.8.
IV. causal, make to abound, πᾶσαν χάριν π. 2 Ep.Cor.9.8; “τινὰς τῇ ἀγάπῃ” 1 Ep.Thess.3.12 :—Pass., to be made to abound, Ev.Matt.13.12, 25.29.
