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

  • ἡμῖν δ’ αὖ κατόπισθε νεὸσ κυανοπρῴροιο ἴκμενον οὖρον ἱεί πλησίστιον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Κίρκη εὐπλόκαμοσ, δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 1:2)
  • ἡμῖν δ’ αὖ κατόπισθε νεὸσ κυανοπρῴροιο ἴκμενον οὖρον ἱεί πλησίστιον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Κίρκη ἐυπλόκαμοσ, δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 15:6)

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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