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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Verb

πλεονάζω • (pleonázo) (past πλεόνασα)

be superfluous, more than enough
be in the majority

Conjugation

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