A.greediness, assumption, arrogance, “τῶν Σπαρτιητέων ἡ π.” Hdt.7.149, cf. And.4.13, Th.3.82, Isoc.12.240, Pl. R.359c, X.HG3.5.15; π. συγγενική wrong done to one's kin, Iamb. VP24.108.
2. assumption, “αἱ ἐν τῷ πυνθάνεσθαι π.” Arist.SE175a19.
II. advantage, Isoc.4.183, 15.275, D.23.128: pl., “αἱ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ π.” Isoc.3.22, etc.; αἱ π. αἱ ἴδιαι, αἱ δημόσιαι, X.Cyn.13.10; ἐπὶ πλεονεξίᾳ with a view to one's own advantage, Th.3.84, X.Mem.1.6.12; μετὰ πλεονεξίας τινὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς [τὰ θηρία] Id.Cyr.1.6.28; “πλεονεξίαι ψυχῆς” excellences, Plot.4.6.3.
2. a larger share of a thing, “τῶν πολιτικῶν δικαίων” Arist.Pol.1282b29.