ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ, περιττοτερον
PERITTOTERON, perittoteron
Sounds Like: peh-rit-TOH-teh-ron
Translations: more abundant, more excellent, more superfluous, more extraordinary, a more abundant thing, a more excellent thing
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΣ' (perittos), meaning 'superfluous' or 'abundant'. As a comparative, 'ΠΕΡΙΤΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ' means 'more abundant', 'more excellent', 'more superfluous', or 'more extraordinary'. It is used to describe something that is greater in quantity, quality, or significance than something else. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun or as a substantive (acting as a noun itself), referring to 'a more abundant thing' or 'that which is more excellent'.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4053 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 5:11
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 7:185
From the same root
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