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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ple.o.naz.mós/ → /ple.o.nazˈmos/ → /ple.o.nazˈmos/
Noun
πλεονασμός • (pleonasmós) m (genitive πλεονασμοῦ); second declension
- superabundance, excess
- surplus
- usury
- pleonasm (use of redundant words)
- lengthening of clause
- repetition
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- πλεονασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πλεονασμός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πλεονασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press