περισσ-εύω,
Attic dialect περιττεύω, imperfect ἐπερίσσευον (περιέσσευον is condemned by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 20)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], (περισσός) to be over and above the number, μύριοί εἰσιν ἀριθμόν.., εἷς δὲ π. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 160 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; περιττεύσουσιν ἡμῶν οἱ πολέμιοι the enemy will go beyond us, outflank us, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II to be more than enough, remain over, τἀρκοῦντα καὶ περιττεύοντα [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 4.35 ] Refs]; τὸ π. [ἀργύριον] [[ [prev. author] “Vect.” 4.7; ἂν ᾖ τι.. περιττεῦον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 855b; εἴ τι π. ἀπὸ τῶν τόκων “SIG” 672.19 (Delph., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περιττεύουσα τροφή [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 619a20; τὸ π. τῶν κλασμάτων NT.Matt.14.20 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; τοσοῦτον τῷ Περικλεῖ ἐπερίσσευσε, κτλ. such abundance of reason had Pericles for his belief, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; τοσόνδ᾽ ἐπερίσσευσεν αὐτοῖς εὐνοίας 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.1.18; τὸ ἀνδρεῖον ἐπερίττευεν αὐτῇ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in bad sense, to be superfluous, τὰ περισσεύοντα τῶν λόγων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1288 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵν᾽ ἐμοὶ περιττεύῃ, i. e. that I may be over-rich, [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 64. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III of persons, abound in, χορηγίᾳ, opposed to ἐλλείπω, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.35.5, etc.; αἱ ἐκκλησίαι ἐπερίσσευον τῷ ἀριθμῷ NT.Act.16.5 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]:—middle, with genitive, περισσεύονται ἄρτων have more than enough of.., [[NT.Luke.15.17. ] NT]