πλεονεξία

πλεονεξία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλέον (pléon, “more”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ple.o.nek.sí.aː/ → /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/ → /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ple.o.nek.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ple.o.nekˈsi.a/

Noun

πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ • (pleonexíā) f (genitive πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. greediness, greed, avarice

Declension

First declension of ἡ πλεονεξῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πλεονεξῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πλεονεκτέω (pleonektéō)

Descendants

• → English: pleonexia
• Greek: πλεονεξία (pleonexía)

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

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexía).

Noun

πλεονεξία • (pleonexía) f (uncountable)

1. greed, avarice

Declension

  πλεονεξία

case     \\     number	singular
nominative	πλεονεξία •
genitive	πλεονεξίας •
accusative	πλεονεξία •
vocative	πλεονεξία •

Synonyms

• αδηφαγία f (adifagía, “gluttony, greed”)
• απληστία f (aplistía, “desire, greed, avarice”)
• λαιμαργία f (laimargía, “gluttony, greed”)