Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges

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[*] 1074. In statements of number and measure ἤ may be omitted after the adverbial comparatives πλέον (πλεῖν) more, ἔλα_ττον (μεῖον) less, which do not alter their case and number: πέμπει οὐκ ἔλα_ττον δέκα φέροντας πῦρ he sends not less than ten men carrying fire X. H. 4.5.4, πόλις πλέον πεντακισχι_λίων ἀνδρῶν a city of more than 5000 men 5. 3. 16. Even when ἤ is kept, πλέον (πλεῖν), etc., remains unchanged: ἐν πλεῖν ( = πλείοσιν) ““ἢ δια_κοσίοις ἔτεσιν” in more than 200 years” D. 24.141, ““τοξότα_ς πλεῖν ἢ εἴκοσι μυ_ριάδας” more bowmen than 20 myriads” X. C. 2.1.6.

a. In place of the adverbial πλέον, etc., we find also the adjectival forms with or without ἤ or with the genitive: ““τοξότα_ς πλείους ἢ τετρακισχι_λίους” more bowmen than 4000” X. C. 2.1.5, ἔτη γεγονὼς πλείω ἑβδομήκοντα more than 70 years old P. A. 17d, ““ι:ππέα_ς πλείους τρια_κοσίων” more than 300 horse” X. H. 1.3.10.