previous next
περισσός , Att. περιττός , ή, όν, (from περί, as ἔπισσαι from ἐπί, μέτασσαι from μετά)
A.beyond the regular number or size, prodigious, “δῶραHes.Th.399 (never in Hom.); “ὦμοςTrag.Adesp.458.3; στάθμα, dub.sens., v. ἕλκω B. 3.
3. of persons, extraordinary, remarkable, esp. for great learning, “π. ὢν ἀνήρE.Hipp. 948 ; “τοὺς . . π. καί τι πράσσοντας πλέονId.Fr.788; δυστυχεῖς εἶναι τοὺς π. Arist.Metaph.983a2 ; “π. γένος τῶν μελιττῶνId.GA760a4 : freq. with the manner added, “π. κατὰ φιλοσοφίανId.Pr.953a10; περὶ τὸν ἄλλον βίον περιττότερος somewhat extravagant or eccentric, Id.Pol.1267 b24; τῇ φύσει π. Id.HA622b6; “κάλλειPlu.Demetr.2; “ἐν ἅπασιId.Dem. 3; “τὴν ὥρανAlciphr.1.12 : c. inf., D.H.Comp.18.
4. c. gen., περισσὸς ἄλλων πρός τι beyond others in . . , S.El.155; θύσει τοῦδε περισσότερα greater things than this, AP6.321 (Leon.Alex.); “περιττότερος προφήτουone greater than . . , Ev.Matt.11.9.
II. more than sufficient, superfluous, “αἱ π. δαπάναιX.Mem.3.6.6; περιττὸν ἔχειν to have a surplus, Id.An.7.6.31; οἱ μὲν . . περιττὰ ἔχουσιν, οἱ δὲ οὐδὲ τὰ ἀναγκαῖα . . Id.Oec.20.1 : c. gen., τῶν ἀρκούντων περιττά more than sufficient, Id.Cyr. 8.2.21; “τὰ π. τῶν ἱκανῶνId.Hier.1.19 : freq. in military sense, οἱ π. ἱππεῖς the reserve horse, Id.Eq.Mag.8.14; οἱ π. τῆς φυλακῆς ib.7.7; π. σκηναί spare tents, Id.Cyr.4.6.12 (but τοῖς περιττοῖς χρήσεσθαι their superior numbers, Id.An.4.8.11, cf. Cyr.6.3.20); τὸ π. the surplus, residue, Inscr. ap. eund.An.5.3.13 (but τὸ π. τοῦ Ἰουδαίου the advantage of the Jew, Ep.Rom.3.1); Ἁρπυιῶν τὰ π. their leavings, AP11.239 (Lucill.); τὸ π. τῆς ἡμέρας the remainder of the day, X.Eph.1.3; π. γράμματα supplementary provisions in a will, BGU326ii9 (ii A.D.).
3. excessive, extravagant, μηχανᾶσθαι περισσά commit extravagances, Hdt.2.32 ; περισσὰ δρᾶν, πράσσειν, to be over-busy, S.Tr.617, Ant.68; π. φρονεῖν to be over-wise, E.Fr.924 (anap.); “ π. αὕτη ἐπιμέλεια τοῦ σώματοςPl.R.407b; μῆκος πολὺ λόγων π. Id.Lg. 645c; redundant, overdone, “οἱ καρτεροὶ καὶ π. λόγοιId.Ax.365c, etc.; of dress, ἐσθὴς π. Plu.2.615d; “περισσοτέρα λύπη2 Ep.Cor.2.7; τοῦ τὰ δέοντ᾽ ἔχειν περιττὰ μισῶ I hate extravagance in comparison with moderation, Alex.254, etc.
5. as a term of praise, subtle, acute, “ἀκριβὴς καὶ π. διάνοιαArist.Top. 141b13.
III. Arith., ἀριθμὸς π. an odd, uneven number, opp. ἄρτιος, Epich.170.7, Philol.5, Pl.Prt.356e, etc.; “π. ἡμέραιHp.Aph. 4.61 ; τὸ π. καὶ τὸ ἄρτιον the nature of odd and even, Pl.Grg.451c, etc.; π. χῶραι the odd places in a verse, Heph.5.1 ; ἀρτιάκις π. ἀριθμός a number divisible by an odd number an even number of times, as 2, 6, 10, Euc.7 Def.9.
IV. περισσότεροι more in number, extra, Carnead. ap. S.E.M.9.140.
V. περιττόν, τό, = στρύχνος μανικός, θρύον 11, Thphr.HP9.11.6; “περισσόνDsc.4.73; “περίσκονOrib.12.8.56.
3. abundantly, “ἐχέτω π. τῆς κρόκηςAlciphr.3.41.
5.τὰ περισσάin vain, AP12.182 (Strat.).
II. ἐκ περιττοῦ superfluously, uselessly, Pl.Prt.338c, Sph.265e ; but ὑπερέχειν ἐκ π. to be far superior, Id.Lg.734d, cf. 802d ; κάμινος ἐκαύθη ἐκ π. Thd.Da.3.22; “ἐκ π. χρησάμενος τῇ παρρησίᾳLuc.Pro Merc.Cond.13; cf. ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (73 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (73):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 119
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 385
    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 1048
    • Antiphon, Second Tetralogy, 4.5
    • Antiphon, Second Tetralogy, 4.6
    • Euclid, Elements, 7
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 429
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 1197
    • Euripides, Hecuba, 579
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 437
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 445
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 948
    • Euripides, Medea, 295
    • Euripides, Medea, 819
    • Euripides, Suppliants, 459
    • Euripides, Suppliants, 791
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.129
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.37
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.32
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 399
    • Isocrates, Panathenaicus, 77
    • Isocrates, Nicocles or the Cyprians, 44
    • Isocrates, Antidosis, 145
    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 2.7
    • Old Testament, Ecclesiastes, 12.12
    • New Testament, Matthew, 11.9
    • New Testament, Matthew, 5.47
    • New Testament, Romans, 3.1
    • Plato, Laws, 645c
    • Plato, Laws, 734d
    • Plato, Laws, 802d
    • Plato, Republic, 407b
    • Plato, Apology, 20c
    • Plato, Sophist, 265e
    • Plato, Symposium, 219c
    • Plato, Protagoras, 356e
    • Plato, Gorgias, 451c
    • Plato, Protagoras, 338c
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 758
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 68
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 780
    • Sophocles, Electra, 1241
    • Sophocles, Electra, 155
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 841
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.8.11
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.3.13
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.6.31
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 4.6.12
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 6.3.20
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.2.21
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.6.6
    • Xenophon, Hiero, 1.19
    • Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander, 7.7
    • Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander, 8.14
    • Xenophon, Economics, 20.1
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 82
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 945
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 617
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.29.7
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.1.4
    • Hippocrates, Aphorismi, 4.61
    • Plutarch, Theseus, 19
    • Plutarch, Demetrius, 2
    • Plutarch, Cicero, 8
    • Plutarch, Demosthenes, 3
    • Lucian, Pro imaginibus, 14
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isaeo, 20
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, 56
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 18
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 3
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, 2
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 37.17
    • Xenophon of Ephesus, Ephesiaca, 1.3
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: