πλεονεξία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέον (pléon, “more”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
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 • (pleonexíā) f (genitive πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ hē pleonexíā |
τὼ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ tṑ pleonexíā |
αἱ πλεονεξῐ́αι hai pleonexíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς tês pleonexíās |
τοῖν πλεονεξῐ́αιν toîn pleonexíain |
τῶν πλεονεξῐῶν tôn pleonexiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλεονεξῐ́ᾳ têi pleonexíāi |
τοῖν πλεονεξῐ́αιν toîn pleonexíain |
ταῖς πλεονεξῐ́αις taîs pleonexíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλεονεξῐ́ᾱν tḕn pleonexíān |
τὼ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ tṑ pleonexíā |
τᾱ̀ς πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς tā̀s pleonexíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ pleonexíā |
πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ pleonexíā |
πλεονεξῐ́αι pleonexíai | ||||||||||
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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) |