πλεονεκτ-έω,
future -ήσω[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, etc. (πλέον ἐκτήσεται should be read in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 192e)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Prose Verb, have or claim more than one's due, mostly in bad sense, to be greedy, grasping, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.112, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 483c, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 also, gain or have some advantage, without any bad sense, δυνάμει τινὶ π. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, compare 86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐλαττοῦσθαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360a3; πολὺ ἐπλεονέκτει ὁ Πελοπίδας παρὰ τῷ Πέρσῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.34: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402b25, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.46; π. ἀπὸ τῶν μὴ καθηκόντων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.56.2: frequently with _neuter_ _pronoun_, π. ταῦτα, etc., 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with genitive of things, have or claim a larger share of than others, τῶν ὠφελίμων [[ [prev. author] 6.39 ] Refs]; τοῦ ἡλίου, τοῦ ψύχους, τῶν πόνων, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.25, compare “Oec.” 7.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόξης, χάριτος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1136b22, 1137a1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II with genitive person, have or gain the advantage over, τῶν ἐχθρῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362b, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 8, etc.; παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.32 (variant); παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι in a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.21, etc.; κατά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15a; περί τι [prev. author] “La.” 183a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also π. τῶν νόμων gain at the expense of the laws, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 691a ] Refs]; τῆς ὑμετέρας π. εὐηθείας take advantage of your simpleness, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 24. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]