πλεονεξία

pleonexia

greediness, assumption, arrogance

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book III 1
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677b7
Book IX 1
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875b6
Book X 1
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906c3
Republic 2
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Book II 1
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359c5
Book IX 1
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586b1
Symposium 2
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182d2
188b4
Critias 1
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121b6
Gorgias 1
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508a7
Timaeus 1
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82a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

πλεονεξία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. greediness, assumption, arrogance, τῶν Σπαρτιητέων ἡ π. Hdt. 7.149, cf. And. 4.13, Th. 3.82, Isoc. 12.240, Pl. R. 359c, X. HG 3.5.15; π. συγγενική wrong done to oneʼs kin, Iamb. VP 24.108. 2. assumption, αἱ ἐν τῷ πυνθάνεσθαι π. Arist. SE 175a19. II. advantage, Isoc. 4.183, 15.275, D. 23.128: pl., αἱ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ π. Isoc. 3.22, etc.; αἱ π. αἱ ἴδιαι, αἱ δημόσιαι, X. Cyn. 13.10; ἐπὶ πλεονεξίᾳ with a view to oneʼs own advantage, Th. 3.84, X. Mem. 1.6.12; μετὰ πλεονεξίας τινὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς [τὰ θηρία] Id. Cyr. 1.6.28; πλεονεξίαι ψυχῆς excellences, Plot. 4.6.3. 2. a larger share of a thing, τῶν πολιτικῶν δικαίων Arist. Pol. 1282b29. 3. gain derived from a thing, τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων δικῶν πλεονεξίαν D. 21.28; αἱ π. τῶν πλουσίων undue gains, Arist. Pol. 1297a11, cf. Pl. R. 586b; π. ἔκ τινος Plb. 6.56.3. III. excess, opp. ἔνδεια, Pl. Ti. 82a.

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