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πλησίος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλησίος πλησίᾱ πλησίον

Structure: πλησι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pe/las

Sense

  1. near, close to, near, neighbouring, a neighbour
  2. near, nigh, hard by
  3. one's neighbour

Examples

  • κρῆναι δ’ ἑξείησ πίσυρεσ ῥέον ὕδατι λευκῷ, πλησίαι ἀλλήλων τετραμμέναι ἄλλυδισ ἄλλη. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 6:11)
  • αἱ μὲν ἄρ’ ἔντοσθεν λιμένοσ κοίλοιο δέδεντο πλησίαι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 12:2)
  • πλησίαι αἵ γ’ ἥσθην, κακὰ δὲ Τρώεσσι μεδέσθην. (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 3:2)
  • πλησίαι αἵ γ’ ἥσθην, κακὰ δὲ Τρώεσσι μεδέσθην. (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 47:2)

Synonyms

  1. near

  2. one's neighbour

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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