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πλεονάζω πλέον

I.to be more, esp. to be more than enough, be superfluous, Arist.
II.of persons, to go beyond bounds, take or claim too much, Dem.:—c. dat. to presume upon, τῆι εὐτυχίαι Thuc.: of a writer, to be lengthy, tedious, Lat. multus sum, Strab.
2.πλεονάζειν τινός to have an excess of, abound in a thing, Arist.
III.c. acc. to state at a larger amount, Strab.:—Pass. to be exaggerated, Thuc.

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