"πλείων" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /plěː.ɔːn/, /ˈpli.on/, /ˈpli.on/, /plěː.ɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpli.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpli.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpli.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpli.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|πλεῖον|deg=comp|notes=<span class="Latn" lang="en">Ionic and Doric have the following contracted forms: <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πλεῦν</i>, <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πλεῦνος</i>, <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πλεῦνες</i>. Attic has <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πλεῖν</i>.</span>}} Forms: pleíōn [romanization], πλεῖον [neuter], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], πλείων [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], πλεῖον [neuter, nominative, singular], πλείονε [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], πλείονε [dual, neuter, nominative], πλείονες [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], πλείους [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], πλείονᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], πλείω [neuter, nominative, plural], πλείονος [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], πλείονος [genitive, neuter, singular], πλειόνοιν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], πλειόνοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], πλειόνων [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], πλειόνων [genitive, neuter, plural], πλείονῐ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], πλείονῐ [dative, neuter, singular], πλειόνοιν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], πλειόνοιν [dative, dual, neuter], πλείοσῐ [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], πλείοσῐν [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], pleíosi [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], pleíosin [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], πλείοσῐ [dative, neuter, plural], πλείοσῐν [dative, neuter, plural], pleíosi [dative, neuter, plural], pleíosin [dative, neuter, plural], πλείονᾰ [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], πλείω [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], πλεῖον [accusative, neuter, singular], πλείονε [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], πλείονε [accusative, dual, neuter], πλείονᾰς [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], πλείους [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], πλείονᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], πλείω [accusative, neuter, plural], πλεῖον [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], πλεῖον [neuter, singular, vocative], πλείονε [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], πλείονε [dual, neuter, vocative], πλείονες [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], πλείους [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], πλείονᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], πλείω [neuter, plural, vocative], πλεῖον [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], - [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], - [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-bFtf7hVX Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 2 5 10 9 5 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6
  2. more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)
    (in the plural, with the definite article) the greater number, the mass or crowd
    Tags: in-plural Synonyms (crowd): οἱ πολλοί (hoi polloí)
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-f276A2vu Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 2 5 10 9 5 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6 Disambiguation of 'crowd': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (in neuter)
    (as a noun) more
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-GHiXzgr8
  4. (in neuter)
    (as an adverb) more, rather
    (with numerals) more
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-33iE~G8I
  5. (in neuter)
    (as an adverb) more, rather
    (comedy) πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι (pleîn ḕ maínomai, “more than to madness”)
    Categories (topical): Comedy
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-IR-kWVrP Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 32 2 5 10 9 5 5 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6 Topics: comedy, entertainment, lifestyle
  6. (in neuter)
    (as an adverb) more, rather
    as an adverb with another comparative
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-MvkDqwOd Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6
  7. (in neuter)
    (as an adverb) more, rather
    the plural πλείω is also used like πλέον
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-kiOhSie4
  8. (in neuter)
    (as an adverb) more, rather
    Sense id: en-πλείων-grc-adj-F1ngEkvw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πλέων (pléōn) Synonyms (more): πλεῖστος (pleîstos)
Disambiguation of 'more': 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "élatton",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"more (noun)\"",
      "word": "ἔλαττον"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pleíōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείων",
      "roman": "pleíōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
      "roman": "pleíone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
      "roman": "pleíone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονες",
      "roman": "pleíones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείους",
      "roman": "pleíous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονᾰ",
      "roman": "pleíona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείω",
      "roman": "pleíō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονος",
      "roman": "pleíonos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονος",
      "roman": "pleíonos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλειόνοιν",
      "roman": "pleiónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλειόνοιν",
      "roman": "pleiónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλειόνων",
      "roman": "pleiónōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλειόνων",
      "roman": "pleiónōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονῐ",
      "roman": "pleíoni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονῐ",
      "roman": "pleíoni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλειόνοιν",
      "roman": "pleiónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλειόνοιν",
      "roman": "pleiónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείοσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείοσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleíosi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleíosin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείοσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείοσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleíosi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pleíosin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονᾰ",
      "roman": "pleíona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείω",
      "roman": "pleíō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
      "roman": "pleíone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
      "roman": "pleíone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονᾰς",
      "roman": "pleíonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείους",
      "roman": "pleíous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονᾰ",
      "roman": "pleíona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείω",
      "roman": "pleíō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
      "roman": "pleíone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
      "roman": "pleíone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονες",
      "roman": "pleíones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείους",
      "roman": "pleíous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονᾰ",
      "roman": "pleíona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείω",
      "roman": "pleíō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πλεῖον",
        "deg": "comp",
        "notes": "<span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">Ionic and Doric have the following contracted forms: <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῦν</i>, <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῦνος</i>, <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῦνες</i>. Attic has <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῖν</i>.</span>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 2 5 10 9 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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          "_dis": "24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 378"
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        "more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)"
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          "πολύς",
          "πολύς#Ancient Greek"
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          "_dis": "32 32 2 5 10 9 5 5",
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        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.673"
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          "πολύς",
          "πολύς#Ancient Greek"
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        "more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)",
        "(in the plural, with the definite article) the greater number, the mass or crowd"
      ],
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        "with the definite article"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "hoi polloí",
          "sense": "crowd",
          "word": "οἱ πολλοί"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.19"
        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "more",
          "more"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in neuter)",
        "(as a noun) more"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a noun",
        "in neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1,6"
        }
      ],
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        "more"
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          "more",
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          "rather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather",
        "(with numerals) more"
      ],
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        "with numerals",
        "in neuter",
        "as an adverb"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Comedy",
          "orig": "grc:Comedy",
          "parents": [
            "Drama",
            "Theater",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 103,751"
        }
      ],
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        "more, rather",
        "πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι (pleîn ḕ maínomai, “more than to madness”)"
      ],
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          "rather",
          "rather"
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          "comedy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather",
        "(comedy) πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι (pleîn ḕ maínomai, “more than to madness”)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in neuter",
        "as an adverb"
      ],
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        "comedy",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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          "_dis": "24 24 3 6 19 11 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "more, rather",
        "as an adverb with another comparative"
      ],
      "id": "en-πλείων-grc-adj-MvkDqwOd",
      "links": [
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in neuter)",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/plěː.ɔːn/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
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    }
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}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
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        "masculine",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
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        "neuter",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
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        "neuter"
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "masculine",
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "masculine"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονε",
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        "dual",
        "neuter",
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    },
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      "form": "πλείονες",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "πλείους",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "πλείονᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "πλείω",
      "roman": "pleíō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πλεῖον",
      "roman": "pleîon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
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    }
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        "notes": "<span class=\"Latn\" lang=\"en\">Ionic and Doric have the following contracted forms: <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῦν</i>, <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῦνος</i>, <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῦνες</i>. Attic has <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">πλεῖν</i>.</span>"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 378"
        }
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        "more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)"
      ],
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        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "πολύς",
          "πολύς#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.673"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "πολύς",
          "πολύς#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ],
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        "more, comparative degree of πολύς (polús)",
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      ],
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        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.19"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "more"
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          "more"
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1,6"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "more, rather",
        "more"
      ],
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        [
          "more",
          "more"
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        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
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        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather",
        "(with numerals) more"
      ],
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        "with numerals",
        "in neuter",
        "as an adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Comedy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 103,751"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "more, rather",
        "πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι (pleîn ḕ maínomai, “more than to madness”)"
      ],
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        [
          "more",
          "more"
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        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
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          "comedy",
          "comedy"
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        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather",
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      ],
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        "in neuter",
        "as an adverb"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "more, rather",
        "as an adverb with another comparative"
      ],
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        [
          "more",
          "more"
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        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
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        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather",
        "as an adverb with another comparative"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in neuter",
        "as an adverb"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "more, rather",
        "the plural πλείω is also used like πλέον"
      ],
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        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather",
        "the plural πλείω is also used like πλέον"
      ],
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        "in neuter",
        "as an adverb"
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.100"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "more, rather"
      ],
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        [
          "more",
          "more"
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        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in neuter)",
        "(as an adverb) more, rather"
      ],
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        "as an adverb",
        "in neuter"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/plěː.ɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/plěː.ɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpli.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "pleîstos",
      "sense": "more",
      "word": "πλεῖστος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hoi polloí",
      "sense": "crowd",
      "word": "οἱ πολλοί"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pléōn",
      "word": "πλέων"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πλείων"
}

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