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|Definition=πλευρᾶς, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[πλευρόν]], [[rib]], rare in sg., βοὸς πλευρά [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.64; παρὰ τὴν πλευρὰν ἑκάστην [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''513b29: pl., [[rib]]s, Id.''PA''654b35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., generally, [[side]] of a man or animal, ἄλλοτ' ἐπὶ πλευρὰς [[κατακείμενος]], ἄλλοτε δ' αὖτε [[ὕπτιος]] Il.24.10; of [[both sides]], ἀνὰ πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους 23.716; οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία [[ἀμφοτέρωθεν]] μαστίεται 20.170, cf. Hes.''Sc.''430, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''71, ''Eu.''843 (lyr.): sg., also, of [[one side]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1260, ''Aj.''834, etc.; a [[side]] of [[beef]], etc., ''PCair.Zen.''381.5 (iii B.C., written [[πλερά]]): the pl. form is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in E.''Hec.''826.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[side]], of things and places, νηὸς πλευραί Thgn.513; χωρίου Pl.''Sis.''388e; ([[Πακτωλοῦ]]) D.P. 833; of an army, αἱ πλευραὶ τοῦ πλαισίου X.''An.''3.4.22, cf. 28, Plu.''Mar.'' 25, etc.; παρὰ π. τινὶ εἶναι Plb.5.26.6; [[παρὰ πλευράν]], opp. [[κατὰ κεφαλήν]], ''IG''22.463.72<br><span class="bld">III</span> Math., [[side]] of a [[triangle]] or other [[figure]], Antipho Soph.13, Pl.''Ti.''53d, 54c, etc.: esp.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[side]] of a [[rectangle]], ib.36c: hence, one [[factor]] of any [[product]], Id.''Tht.''148a, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1051a26, Euc.7 ''Def.''17, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[side]] of a [[square]] of [[cube]], and [[root]] of a [[square]] of [[cubic]] [[number]], Id.8.11, 12, ''Theol.Ar.''11; <b class="b3">κυβικὴ π.</b> cube [[root]], Ph.''Bel.''52.4.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[generator]] of a [[cone]] or [[cylinder]], Archim.''Sph.Cyl.''1.8, 12.