πλησίος
plesios
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πλησίος, α, ον, Boeot. πλᾱτίος Rev.Ét.Gr. 10.29 (Thespiae): (πέλας, πελάζω):—A. near, close to, c. gen., πλησίοι ἀλλήλων v.l. in Il. 6.249; πλησίαι ἀλλήλων Od. 5.71. 2. c. dat., πλησίοι ἀλλήλοισι Il. 23.732, cf. Od. 2.149, Ant. 761. 3. abs., near, neighbouring, πλησίαι αἵ γʼ ἥσθην Il. 4.21; dub.l. in Eu. 195; οἱ π. γύαι OC 58; τῶν πλησίων ἱερῶν OGI 736.5 (Egypt): Subst., neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς π. ἄλλον Il. 2.271, etc.; οἱ π. 7.152, Lys. 471, etc. II. Adv. πλησίον, Aeol. πλάσιον [ᾱ] 2.3, Supp. 6.1; Dor. πλᾱτίον: = πέλας, near, hard by, c. gen., τὰ μὲν κατέθεντʼ ἐπὶ γαίῃ π. ἀλλήλων Il. 3.115, cf. Od. 14.14; Σωφροσύνας πλατίον οἰκεῖ 101, cf. IG 42(1).123.15 (Epid., iv B. C.); κεῖται στενωποῦ π. Pr. 366; στῆθι π. πατρός Tr. 1076; στρατοπεδεύεσθαι π. τινῶν 4.111; ὁρῶ δέ σʼ ἤδη τοῦδε π. κακοῦ Hipp. 1439; π. παρῆσθα κινδύνων ἐμοί Or. 1159: c. dat., σταθεῖσα τῷ τεκόντι π. IA 1551; τοῖς πολεμίοις π. προσέρχομαι 2.234d. 2. with the Art., ὁ πλησίον (sc. ὤν) oneʼs neighbour, 221, 611, Hec. 996 (pl.), 58, Pol. 1267a25, etc.; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ γείτων Tht. 174b; τοὺς μάλιστα π. ἑαυτῶν Ap. 25d; Dor., ὁ πλατίον 5.28, 10.3: with Substs., ταῖς π. κλίναις Prt. 315d; ὁ π. παράδεισος, αἱ π. κῶμαι, etc., An. 2.4.16, 3.4.9, etc. III. Sup. -αίτατος ib.1.10.5, 7.3.29. Comp. Adv. -αιτέρω 4.112; -αίτερον Mem. 2.1.23: Sup. -αίτατα Vect. 4.46: later Comp. -έστερος in Cael. 441.14. Adv. -έστερον 4 Ma. 12.3, Or. 1.12a.—The Adj. is poet. and Ion.; in Att. Prose only the Adv. is found.
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