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πλήρης

pleres

full of

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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πλήρης, ες, gen. εος, contr. ους: Comp. -έστερος Pl. Smp. 175d: Sup. -έστατος S. Ph. 1087(lyr.), etc.: (πίμ-πλη-μι): I. c. gen., full of, ἄστυ π. οἰκιέων Hdt. 1.180; φορμοὶ ψάμμου π. Id. 8.71; ὁμίχλα . . π. δακρύων A. Pr. 145(lyr.); πλῆρες ἄτης στέγος S. Aj. 307; ποταμὸς π. ἰχθύων X. An. 1.4.9; π. μέλιτος τὸ καλὸν στόμα Theoc. 1.146; ταῦτα πάσης ἀλογίας π. Plb. 1.15.6; of persons, κενῶν δοξασμάτων π. E. El. 384; αἰδοῦς π. ψυχή Pl. Plt. 310d. 2. infected by, π. ὑπʼ οἰωνῶν τε καὶ κυνῶν βορᾶς polluted by birds and dogs with meat (torn from the body of Polynices), S. Ant. 1017; νόσου ib.1052. 3. satisfied, satiated, c. gen., π. ἔχοντι θυμὸν ὧν χρῄζεις Id. OC 778: c. part., θηεύμενοι ἔωσι π. they should have gazed their fill, Hdt. 7.146. II. less freq. c. dat., filled with, Ἕλλησι βαρβάροις θʼ ὁμοῦ π. πόλεις E. Ba. 19. III. abs., full, of a swollen stream, Hdt. 2.92; of the moon, Sapph. 53, Hdt. 6.106; π. γαστήρ S. Fr. 848; ὄγκος γαστρός Trag.Adesp. 186; κρατῆρες, δέπας, etc., E. Ba. 221, Hec. 527, etc.; κεχόρτασμαι . . οὐ κακῶς, ἀλλʼ εἰμὶ π. Eub. 30, cf. 53; full of people, ἐπειδὰν π. ᾖ τὸ θέατρον Isoc. 8.82; π. τὸ βαλανεῖον ποιεῖν Ar. Nu. 1054; εἰ π. τύχοι ὁ δῆμος ὤν Id. Ec. 95, cf. X. Ath. 2.17; ἡ βουλὴ ἐπειδὴ ἦν π. And. 1.112; ἐπειδὰν πάντα π. ᾖ τὰ δικαστήρια Arist. Ath. 66.1, cf. IG 12.41.5; ἐπειδὴ π. αὐτοῖς ἦσαν αἱ νῆες fully manned, Th. 1.29, cf. X. HG 2.1.28, D. 50.32; of persons, satisfied, gorged, opp. κενός, X. Oec. 11.18, etc.; τὸ π., opp. τὸ κενόν, Leucipp. and Democr. ap. Arist. Metaph. 985b5. 2. full, complete, ἐπειρώτων . . εἰ λελάβηκε πλήρεα . . τὰ ἀκροθίνια Hdt. 8.122; ὡς ἂν τὴν χάριν πλήρη λάβω E. Hel. 1411, cf. PGiss. 40ii6 (iii A. D.); -εστάτη οἰκειότης fullest intimacy, Epicur. Sent. 40; φέρων π. τὸν μισθόν X. An. 7.5.5; -εστάτῳ δικαίῳ, = Lat. optimo jure, PFlor. 66.3 (iv A. D.); of numbers or periods of Time, τέσσερα ἔτεα π. four full years, Hdt. 7.20. 3. solid, whole, of a voting-pebble (ψῆφος), opp. τετρυπημένος, τρυπητός, Aeschin. 1.79, Arist. Ath. 68.2, 69.1; π. ὁπλαί Poll. 1.191; αὔλημα Id. 4.73; ἄγαλμα . . ἐποίησε πλῆρες Paus. 9.12.4. 4. of sound, full, πληρέστερον μέλος Iamb. VP 14.65. 5. of wine, full-bodied, with a persistent flavour, Archig. ap. Gal. 8.945; of the pulse, Id.ib.678; of wool, Id.ib.672. 6. ἐκ πλήρους fully, ποιεῖν τὰ δίκαια IG 22.1343.21; in full, τὰ ἐκφόρια κομίσασθαι PTeb. 105.47 (ii B. C.), etc. IV. πλήρης is used indecl. in later Greek, esp. of payments in full, Wilcken Chr. 499.9 (ii/iii A. D.), etc.; freq. v.l. in LXX, Ge. 27.27, Nu. 7.20, Jb. 21.24,al. V. Adv. πλήρως in full, Sammelb. 4652.2 (iv A. D.): Sup. -έστατα Iamb. Protr. 21.κγʼ.
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