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- adj.P. and V. πλείων.More or less: P, ἢ πλείων ἢ ἐλάσσων (Dem. 330).——————adv.P. and V. πλεῖον, πλέον.To form comparatives: P. and V. μᾶλλον.With numerals: Ar. and P. πλεῖν.More that half were found to be Carians: P. ὑπὲρ ἥμισυ Κᾶρες ἐφάνησαν (Thuc. 1, 8).More zealous than wise: V. πρόθυμος μᾶλλον ἢ σοφωτέρα (Eur., Med. 485).With more zeal than love: V. προθύμως μᾶλλον ἢ φίλως (Æsch., Ag. 1591).More worthy that rich: P. βελτίων ἢ πλουσιώτερος (Lys. 153).All the more: P. and V. τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, τοσῷδε μᾶλλον.The more I believe, the more I am at a loss what to do: P. ὅσῳ μᾶλλον πιστεύω τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ ὅτι χρήσωμαι (Plat., Rep. 368B).Doing things that it is a great disgrace even to speak of, much more for respectable people to perpetrate: P. τοιαῦτα ποιοῦντες ἃ πολλὴν αἰσχύνην ἔχει καὶ λέγειν μὴ ὅτι γε δὴ ποιεῖν ἀνθρώπους μετρίους (Dem. 1262).Many times more, adj.: P. πολλαπλάσιος.More and more: P. ἐπὶ πλέον, V. μᾶλλον μᾶλλον (Eur., I.T. 1406).Further: P. and V. ἔτι, πέρα, περαιτέρω.Longer: P. and V. ἔτι.No more, no longer: P. and V. οὐκέτι, μηκέτι.No more of this: P. οὕτω περὶ τούτων, ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οὕτως (Isoc.), P. and V. τοιαῦτα μὲν δὴ ταῦτα, V. τούτων μὲν οὕτω, τοιαῦτα μὲν τάδʼ ἐστί; see so much for that under much.
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.
