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πλεονέκτ-ημα , ατος, τό,
A.advantage, gain, Pl.Lg.709c, D.5.23 (pl.), 18.60, etc.: pl., gains, successes, Gorg.Pal.30; “ἐν τοῖς πολέμοιςX.Eq.Mag.5.11; τὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦντος π. Chor.p.35 B.; advantages, SIG888.133 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.); excellences, virtues, Zos.4.54: so in sg., superiority, superior quality,τῆς αἰτίαςDiog.Oen.39; “τῆς φωνῆςEun.Hist.p.246 D.; “π. σωματικάJul.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.
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