πλεονεξία

A. greediness, assumption, arrogance, τῶν Σπαρτιητέων ἡ π. Hdt. 7.149, cf. And. 4.13, Th. 3.82, Isoc. 12.240, Pl. R. 359c, X. HG 3.5.15; π. συγγενική wrong done to one's kin, Iamb. VP 24.108.

2. assumption, αἱ ἐν τῷ πυνθάνεσθαι π. Arist. SE 175a19.

II. advantage, Isoc. 4.183, 15.275, D. 23.128: pl., αἱ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ π. Isoc. 3.22, etc.; αἱ π. αἱ ἴδιαι, αἱ δημόσιαι, X. Cyn. 13.10; ἐπὶ πλεονεξίᾳ with a view to one's own advantage, Th. 3.84, X. Mem. 1.6.12; μετὰ πλεονεξίας τινὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς [τὰ θηρία] Id. Cyr. 1.6.28; πλεονεξίαι ψυχῆς excellences, Plot. 4.6.3.

2. a larger share of a thing, τῶν πολιτικῶν δικαίων Arist. Pol. 1282b29.

3. gain derived from a thing, τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων δικῶν πλεονεξίαν D. 21.28; αἱ π. τῶν πλουσίων undue gains, Arist. Pol. 1297a11, cf. Pl. R. 586b; π. ἔκ τινος Plb. 6.56.3.

III. excess, opp. ἔνδεια, Pl. Ti. 82a.