πλεονέκτημα
ατος, τό
A.
advantage, gain, Pl. Lg. 709c, D. 5.23 (pl.), 18.60, etc.: pl., gains, successes, Gorg. Pal. 30; ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις X. Eq.Mag. 5.11; τὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦντος π. Chor.p.35 B.; advantages, SIG 888.133 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.); excellences, virtues, Zos. 4.54: so in sg., superiority, superior quality, τῆς αἰτίας Diog.Oen. 39; τῆς φωνῆς Eun. Hist. p.246 D.; π. σωματικά Jul. Or. 6.194c, cf. Chor.p.209 B.: metaph., τὸ κατ’ εὐθεῖαν ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων π. Dam. Pr. 350.
II.
act of overreaching, undue gain, D. 21.60, 50.38, Ep. 5.3, Arist. Pol. 1311a5; = vitium, Gloss.