περισσός

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From περί (perí, above, beyond).[1]

Adjective

περισσός (perissósm (feminine περισσή, neuter περισσόν); first/second declension

  1. beyond the regular number or size, prodigious
    1. out of the common way, extraordinary, uncommon, remarkable, strange
    2. (of persons) extraordinary, eminent, remarkable
    3. (with genitive) beyond others in
  2. more than sufficient, reserve, spare, surplus
    1. (in a bad sense) superfluous, redundant, useless
    2. excessive, extravagant
    3. (of persons) over-wise, over-curious
    4. (as a term of praise) subtle, acute
  3. (arithmetic) odd
    Synonyms: ἀνᾰ́ρτῐος (anártios), σκαληνός (skalēnós)
    Antonyms: ἄρτιος (ártios), ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “περί (> DER > περι-σσός, -ττός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1176

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