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more exceeding, more extraordinary (comparative of περισσός); adverbial uses
The comparative form of περισσός, meaning 'more exceeding' or 'more extraordinary.' It can function adjectivally (describing something as more exceptional) or adverbially (meaning 'more abundantly' or 'more exceedingly'). The semantic range follows the positive degree: exceeding normal bounds in quantity, quality, or unusualness. The word emphasizes surpassing what is already beyond the ordinary.
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: περισσός, Attic dialect περιττός, ή, όν, (from περί, as ἔπισσαι from ἐπί, μέτασσαι from μετά) beyond the regular number or size, prodigious, δῶρα Refs 8th c.BC+; στάθμα, uncertain meaning, see at {ἕλκω} Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 out of the common, extraordinary, strange, ἔ τι περισσὸν εἰδείη if he has any signal knowledge, Refs 6th c.BC+; εἴ τι φρονεῖς καί τι περισσὸν ἔχεις Philisc.Refs…