πλησίος (plēsios)
plēsios
dear one
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1. near, close to , with genitive or dative, πλησίοι ἀλλήλων or ἀλλήλοισι (Homer):—;absolute near, neighbouring , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;as Substantive a neighbour , ἰδὼν ἐς πλ. ἄλλον (Iliad by Homer), etc.
2. adverb πλησίον, doric πλα_τίον, = πέλας, near, nigh, hard by , with genitive, (Homer), etc.; with dative, (Euripides)
3. with the Art., ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν); one's neighbour , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; so in doric, ὁ πλα_τίον (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus):—;also, with Substantives, ὁ πλ. παράδεισος (Xenophon Historicus)
4. comparative πλησιαίτερος, Sup. -αίτατος, (Xenophon Historicus)—;comparative adverb πλησιαιτέρω, (Herdotus Historicus); -αίτερον, (Xenophon Historicus); Sup. -αίτατα, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
2. adverb πλησίον, doric πλα_τίον, = πέλας, near, nigh, hard by , with genitive, (Homer), etc.; with dative, (Euripides)
3. with the Art., ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν); one's neighbour , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; so in doric, ὁ πλα_τίον (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus):—;also, with Substantives, ὁ πλ. παράδεισος (Xenophon Historicus)
4. comparative πλησιαίτερος, Sup. -αίτατος, (Xenophon Historicus)—;comparative adverb πλησιαιτέρω, (Herdotus Historicus); -αίτερον, (Xenophon Historicus); Sup. -αίτατα, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)