greedy
Pleonektes denotes a person identified within vice lists as marked by greed or covetousness.
The attested uses identify a person characterized by greed or covetousness within lists of conduct or persons excluded from association or inheritance. The same use appears in singular and plural noun forms, without clear evidence for separate senses.
Senses in use
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A person marked by greed or covetousness · dominant
In 1 Corinthians 5:10 and 1 Corinthians 5:11, the noun occurs among named categories of people, with the APB rendering the surrounding lists as including “the greedy” and “greedy.” In 1 Corinthians 6:10, the plural stands in a list of people who “will inherit the kingdom of God,” while Ephesians 5:5 places the singular in a similar list and renders the clause with “covetous.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “greedy,” “the greedy,” and “greedy ones” in the Corinthian lists, and with “covetous” in Ephesians 5:5. These renderings confirm the list context rather than establish distinct lexical senses.