ἐπίπεδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐπίπεδον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[on the ground]], [[on the ground-floor]], <b class="b3">στοαὶ ἐ.</b>, opp. [[ὑπερῷοι]], D.H.3.68, cf. ''PFlor.''376.7 (iii A.D.); σηκός Aret.''CA''2.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[level]], [[flat]], Pl.''Criti.''112a; χωρίον X.''HG''7.1.29, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐν</b> <b class="b3">ἐπιπέδῳ, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ὀρθίῳ</b> not [[on a level]], but... ib.6.4.14; ἐξ ἐπιπέδου ''PThead.''20i3 (iv A.D.); = Lat. [[de plano]], J.''AJ''19.5.3: irreg. Comp. -πεδέστερος X.''HG''7.4.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. <b class="b3">στεγνὰ ἐπίπεδα</b> an accurately fitting [[pavement]], ''SIG''996.27 (Smyrna, i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span>. in Geom., [[plane]], [[superficial]], opp. [[στερεός]] (solid), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 51c, ''Ti.''32a; <b class="b3">ἐ. γωνία</b> a [[plane]] angle, ib.54e; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ ἐ. πραγματεία</b> [[plane]] [[geometry]], Id.''R.''528d; [[μήκους]] <b class="b3">καὶ ἐ. καὶ βάθους</b> [[one]]-, [[two]]-, and [[three]]-[[dimensional]] [[magnitude]], Id.''Lg.''817e; εἰ κῶνος τέμνοιτο ἐπιπέδῳ Democr.155.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of numbers, [[representing a surface]], Plu.2.367f, Nicom.''Ar.''2.7; <b class="b3">ὁ ἰσόπλευρος καὶ ἐ.</b> [[ἀριθμός]] a [[square]] number, Pl.''Tht.''148a. Adv. [[ἐπιπέδως]] Nicom.l.c.