πλεον-ασμός, ὁ,
superabundance, excess, ὑγρότητος, τῶν μερῶν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 780a20, 770b28, compare 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.114, 130, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 11; πλεονασμοὶ λαλιᾶς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.650e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__b surplus, [[ PRyl. 213.82 (_plural_, 2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 4296.7 (4th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 usury, [[ LXX.Lev.25.37, Critodem. in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).260, etc. ] LXX]
__3 Rhet. and Grammars, use of redundant words, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 58, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 267.14, +others ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3.b lengthening of clauses, opposed to μείωσις, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 7. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 repetition, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Timaeus Historicus 71 (_plural_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]