πλεονάζω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλεον (pleon, “too much”) + -άζω (-ázō, denominative verb suffix).
Verb
πλεονάζω • (pleonázō)
- to presume on
- to be superfluous, more than enough
- (of a writer) to be prolix or tedious
References
- πλεονάζω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλεονάζω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλεονάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4121 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Greek
Verb
πλεονάζω • (pleonázo) (simple past πλεόνασα)
- be superfluous, more than enough
- be in the majority
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.