Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πλησίστιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλησίστιος πλησίστιον

Structure: πλησιστι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pi/mplhmi

Sense

  1. filling the sails
  2. with full sails

Examples

  • εἰή δ’, ὦ θεοί, καὶ τὰ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐμπνεῦσαι δεξιά, ὡσ νῦν γε μάλιστα πλησιστίου τε καὶ ἐσθλοῦ ἑταίρου ἀνέμου δεόμεθα, ἵνα, εἰ ἄξιοι φαινοίμεθα, καὶ ἡμῖν τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν ἐκεῖνο ἐπιφθέγξηταί τίσ, οἱήν ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:5)
  • ^ ταυτὶ μὲν ἤδη κατὰ ῥοῦν προχωρεῖ τῷ Δάμιδι καὶ πλησίστιοσ ἐπὶ τὴν νίκην φέρεται. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 49:4)
  • τῷ γὰρ ὄντι πλησίστιοσ μὲν ἐπὶ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ ὁ ἀκόλαστοσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν φέρεται καὶ δίδωσιν ἑαυτὸν καὶ συγκατευθύνει· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 6 30:1)
  • τῷ γὰρ ὄντι πλησίστιοσ μὲν ἐπὶ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ ὁ ἀκόλαστοσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν φέρεται καὶ δίδωσιν ἑαυτὸν καὶ συγκατευθύνει· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 6 10:2)
  • ἡμῖν δ’ αὖ κατόπισθε νεὸσ κυανοπρῴροιο ἴκμενον οὖρον ἱεί πλησίστιον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Κίρκη εὐπλόκαμοσ, δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. filling the sails

  2. with full sails

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

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