- περίσσευμα
- περίσσευμα, ατος, τό (s. prec. entry)① a condition of great plenty, abundance, fullness (Eratosth. [III B.C.], Cat. 44 Olivieri; Plut., Mor. 310c; 962f.—The LXX of Eccl 2:15 has the word in line 6, but this line is lacking in the Hebr. text, and hence is prob. a Christian addition: AMcNeile, An Introd. to Eccl 1904, 157; PKatz, TLZ 63, ’38, 34) 2 Cor 8:14ab (opp. ὑστέρημα). ἐκ (τοῦ) περισσεύματος (τῆς) καρδίας from the abundance of the heart, what the heart is full of Mt 12:34; Lk 6:45.② that which remains above and beyond, what remains (Artem. 3, 52 ‘scraps’) περισσεύματα κλασμάτων pieces that were left (apparently out of the total number of pieces that were broken off in the course of distribution, not scraps left by the diners) Mk 8:8.—DELG s.v. περί.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.