πλεονεξία
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word πλεονεξία. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word πλεονεξία, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say πλεονεξία in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word πλεονεξία you have here. The definition of the word πλεονεξία will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofπλεονεξία, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέον (pléon, “more”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ple.o.nek.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
Noun
πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ • (pleonexĭ́ā) f (genitive πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ hē pleonexĭ́ā |
τὼ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ tṑ pleonexĭ́ā |
αἱ πλεονεξῐ́αι hai pleonexĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς tês pleonexĭ́ās |
τοῖν πλεονεξῐ́αιν toîn pleonexĭ́ain |
τῶν πλεονεξῐῶν tôn pleonexĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλεονεξῐ́ᾳ têi pleonexĭ́āi |
τοῖν πλεονεξῐ́αιν toîn pleonexĭ́ain |
ταῖς πλεονεξῐ́αις taîs pleonexĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλεονεξῐ́ᾱν tḕn pleonexĭ́ān |
τὼ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ tṑ pleonexĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s pleonexĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ pleonexĭ́ā |
πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ pleonexĭ́ā |
πλεονεξῐ́αι pleonexĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Related terms
- πλεονεκτέω (pleonektéō)
Descendants
Further reading
- “πλεονεξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλεονεξία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλεονεξία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πλεονεξία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexía).
Noun
πλεονεξία • (pleonexía) f (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | πλεονεξία (pleonexía) |
| genitive | πλεονεξίας (pleonexías) |
| accusative | πλεονεξία (pleonexía) |
| vocative | πλεονεξία (pleonexía) |