πλησιάζω

plesiazo

bring near

Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laches 4
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187e2
187e7
197d4
188a6
Theaetetus 4
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143d8
156c9
156d4
144a2
Republic 3
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Book VI 3
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490b5
496a5
498a1
Phaedo 2
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76a3
97a4
Phaedrus 2
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255a6
255b7
Symposium 2
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181d2
195b4
Letters 1
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342d2
Meno 1
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80a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

πλησιάζω, Dor. πλᾱτιάζω Archyt. ap. Stob. 1.41.2: pf. πεπλησίακα Isoc. 3.36, Pl. Tht. 144a: (πλησίος):—A. bring near, [ἵππον] ὄψεσι, ψόφοις, X. Eq. 2.5; ναῦν λιμένι Sch.Ar. Ra. 271:—Pass., come near, approach, τινι E. El. 634. II. intr., abs., to be near, S. OT 91: c. dat., draw near to, approach, τῷ πάθει, τοῖς πολεμίοις, X. Cyr. 7.3.16, An. 4.6.6.al. (rarely c. gen., τῶν ἄκρων Id. Cyr. 3.2.8: abs., τὸ πλησιάζον ὀστοῦν Gal. 18 (1).304); ἀλλήλοις Pl. Phd. 97a; π. τόποις Amphis 4; π. τῷ γενειάσκειν Pl. Smp. 181d; ἀρχαῖς π. enter on a career of public office, Thphr. Char. 26.3; so π. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν, = accedere ad rem publicam, Luc. Anach. 21. 2. c. dat. pers., consort, associate with, τῷδε τἀνδρί S. OT 1136, cf. Pl. La. 197d, Tht. 143d, 144a, al., Isoc. 2.4; οἱ πλησιάζοντες a manʼs followers or disciples, Id. 15.175, cf. 1.30; οἱ ἐμοὶ πεπλησιακότες Lib. Ep. 750.1; π. τινὶ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, διὰ φιλοσοφίαν, Luc. Herm. 80, Plu. Dem. 2; also π. παιδεύσει Pl. R. 496a. 3. c. dat. pers., have sexual intercourse with . . , D. 40.8, Hyp. Lyc. 3, Plu. 2.769a: metaph., Pl. R. 490b; οὐδενὶ σώματι πεπλησιακώς Isoc. 3.36; of animals, whether of the male, Arist. HA 546a26, 578b12; or the female, ib. 584b23, GA 727b25; or both sexes, Id. HA 539b21, al. III. Gramm., indicate proximity, A.D. Pron. 21.11.

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