παραπλήσιος
paraplesios
coming alongside of
Appears 32 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παραπλήσιος, α, ον 1.202, 4.128, 7.78, etc. ; also ος, ον 1.84, 1.37.8 :—A. coming alongside of : hence, coming near, nearly resembling ; of numbers, nearly equal, about as many ; of size, about as large ; of age, about equal ; etc. : 1. abs., 4.128, etc. ; τοιαῦτα καὶ π. such and such-like, 1.22 ; τὰς πράξεις ὁμοίας καὶ π. ἀποβαίνειν Isoc.l.c. ; ταὐτόν ἐστι σοφιστὴς καὶ ῥήτωρ, ἢ ἐγγύς τι καὶ παραπλήσιον Grg. 520a ; ναυσὶ παραπλησίαις τὸν ἀριθμόν 7.70 ; ἱππεῖς π. τὸ πλῆθος HG 4.3.15 ; ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς π. ἱππέας Eq.Mag. 8.17. 2. freq. c. dat., ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ παραπλήσιοι ἀλλήλοισι ἐγίνοντο were about equal, of a drawn battle, 8.16 ; νῆσοι Λέσβῳ μεγάθεα παραπλήσιαι 1.202 ; ἐσθὴς τῇ Κορινθίῃ παραπλησιωτάτη 5.87 ; π. τούτῳ καὶ ὅμοιον 19.196 ; ὅμοιʼ ἢ π. τούτοις ib.307 : with dat. of the person for dat. of that which belongs to the person, ἔπαθε παραπλήσια τούτῳ 4.78, cf. 1.14.2, etc. : rarely c. gen., 1.23.6 ; ἦχος συριγμοῦ π. Ven. 21.1 (in Sph. 217b the gen. ὧν is due to the attraction). 3. folld. by a relat., τρόπῳ παραπλησίῳ, τῷ καὶ Μασσαγέται 4.172 ; by καί, Λυδοὶ νόμοισι π. χρέωνται καὶ Ἕλληνες 1.94, cf. 5.112, 7.71 ; also π. πάσχουσιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ . . 1.27 : neut. παραπλήσια as Adv., π. ὡς εἰ . . , perinde ac si . . , 4.99 : sg., παραπλήσιον καὶ οὐ πολλῷ πλέον about the same distance and not much more, 7.19 ; τὸ π. 19.43 : more freq. regul. Adv. -ίως, Ap. 37a, al. ; ἆρά γʼ ὁμοίως ἢ π. ; 3.27 ; ἀγωνισάμενος π. having fought with nearly equal advantage, 1.77 ; π. τοῖς εἰρημένοις πράττοντας 5.51, etc. ; π. καὶ . . , Lat. perinde ac . . , 7.119 ; π. ἔχει καθάπερ . . Ep. 321a : Comp. παραπλησιαίτερον Plt. 275c.
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