πλεονέκτ-ημα, ατος, τό,
advantage, gain, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.23 (_plural_), 18.60, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, gains, successes, [[ 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 30; ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 5.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦντος π.[[ Chor. p.35 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; advantages, [[ “SIG” 888.133 (Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; excellences, virtues, [[ 1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus 4.54 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: so in singular, superiority, superior quality, τῆς αἰτίας [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 39; τῆς φωνῆς 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.246 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; π. σωματικά 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.194c, cf. Chor. p.209 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus: _metaphorically_, τὸ κατ᾽ εὐθεῖαν ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων π. 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 350. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II act of overreaching, undue gain, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.60, 50.38, “Ep.” 5.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1311a5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; = vitium, [[“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”] Refs]