- πλεονέκτης
- πλεονέκτης, ου, ὁ (=ὁ πλέον ἔχων; since Hdt. [7, 158 adj.]; PMagd 5, 7 [221 B.C.]; Sir 14:9; Philo, Mos. 1, 56; Ar. 10, 3; Just., A I, 12, 1) one who desires to have more than is due, a greedy person, whose ways are judged to be extremely sinful by Christians and many others. (S. πλεονεξία and JWeiss on 1 Cor 5:11. In Hellenic society this was a violation of the basic principle of proportion and contrary to the idea of beneficent concern for the citizenry.) Among the sinners of the ‘two ways’ B 19:6; D 2:6. Also elsewh. w. those who are burdened w. serious vices (as M. Ant. 11, 18, 6; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 32) 1 Cor 5:10f; 6:10; Eph 5:5 (here characterized as εἰδωλολάτρης; s. on πλεονεξία); Hs 6, 5, 5 (Thu. 1, 40, 1; X., Mem. 1, 2, 12 [both w. βίαιος]; 1, 5, 3, Cyr. 1, 6, 27 [w. κλέπτης and ἅρπαξ]; Aristot., EN 5, 2 [w. ὁ παράνομος and ὁ ἄνισος]; Diod S 20, 106, 4; Plut., Ages. 607 [20, 6] [w. ἐν ταῖς ἐξουσίαις πονηρός], Mor. 57c [w. κακοῦργος]; Vett. Val. 42, 28 [w. ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιθυμητής]).—DELG s.v. ἔχω and πλείων. M-M. TW.
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