πλάγιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], πλαγία, πλάγιον, also πλάγιος, πλάγιον <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.6.3</span>, etc.: (v. [[πλάζω]] (A) fin.) :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[placed sideways]], [[athwart]], τριήρεις <span class="bibl">Th.7.59</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πλαγία φορά</b> [[oblique]] [[motion]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>39a</span>; opp. [[ἀντία]] (direct), ib.<span class="bibl">43e</span>; <b class="b3">πλάγιον θεῖναί τι</b>, opp. [[ὀρθόν]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.9</span>; τάφρους ὀρύσσειν τὰς μὲν πλαγίους τὰς δὲ ὀρθίας Thphr. l.c.; <b class="b3">μαστοὶ πλάγιοι</b> [[pointing sideways]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>688a35</span> : Geom., <b class="b3">πλαγία διάμετρος</b> [[transverse]] [[diameter]], <span class="bibl">Apollon.Perg.<span class="title">Con.</span>1</span> <span class="title">Def.</span>1.5; <b class="b3">πλαγία πλευρά</b> ib.1.14; <b class="b3">τὰ πλάγια</b>, of the regions round the [[celestial]] [[pole]]s, as being [[transverse]] to the [[diurnal]] [[rotation]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>285b12</span>; [[horizontal]], μεσηγὺ δύο στύλων στρωτῆρα π. εὖ προσδῆσαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>7</span>; πλάγι' ἐστὶ τἄλλα, τοῦτο δ' ὀρθὸν θηρίον <span class="bibl">Philem.3</span>; of window bars, opp. [[ἀντία]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>663.8</span> (iii B. C.); so <b class="b3">ξύλον κρεμάσαι π</b>. <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.99</span>; <b class="b3">πλαγία Σελήνη</b>, opp. [[ὀρθή]], <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(3).174; πλαγία [[φάλαγξ]] = an [[army]] in [[march]] [[with extended front]], [[transverse]] to the [[direction]] of [[march]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>10.1, 11.1; also of ships, π. παραβάλλουσαι ἀλλήλαις <span class="bibl">Plb.1.22.9</span>; παρεδίδου π. [τὰς τριήρεις] τοῖς Ἕλλησι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>14</span>; π. ὥσπερ πνεύματι παραδιδοὺς ἑαυτόν Id.2.28d. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[πλάγια]], [[τά]], [[sides]], [[flanks]], τῆς Σκυθικῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.49</span>; τὸ [[πλάγιον]], of the body, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>657b21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span> 713b31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> especially in military sense, [[τοῖς πλαγίοις ἐπιέναι]] = [[attack]] the [[flank]]s, <span class="bibl">Th.4.32</span>; [[εἰς τὰ πλάγια παραγαγεῖν]], [[εἰς τὰ πλάγια παραπέμψαι]], to make an [[army]] [[file]] off [[right]] and [[left]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.14</span>, <span class="bibl">6.3.15</span>; <b class="b3">πλάγια λαβεῖν τοὺς πολεμίους</b> to [[take]] the [[enemy]] [[in flank]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.26</span>, etc.; π. [[παραπορεύομαι|παραπορεύεσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Plb.6.40.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of ground, [[sloping]], <span class="bibl">Gp.2.46.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> freq. with Preps. in adv. sense, [[εἰς τὸ πλάγιον]] = [[sideways]], ([[ῥίς|ῥὶς]]) [[ἐς τὸ πλάγιον]] κατάγνυται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span> 38</span>; δρέπανα εἰς π. ἀποτεταμένα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.10</span>; ἐς τὰ π. παραπλέοντες <span class="bibl">Th.7.40</span>; opp. [[εἰς τὸ ἀντίον]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.12</span>; [[εἰς πλάγια]], opp. [[καταντικρύ]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>194b</span>; [[ἐκ πλαγίου]], opp. [[καταντικρύ]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>598a</span>; [[ἐκ πλαγίου]] = [[in flank]], especially in military sense, <span class="bibl">Th.4.33</span>, <span class="bibl">7.6</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.5.26</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν πλαγίων</b> <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>377b29</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ πλαγίων</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>912b28</span>; ἐκ πλαγίων τῆς σκηνῆς <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>3.29</span>; ἐκ πλαγίας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>372a11</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ πλαγίῳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">378a3</span>; ἐπὶ τὸ [[πλάγιον]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>712b17</span>; <b class="b3">πρόσθεν ἢ κατὰ &lt;τὰ&gt; πλάγια</b> [[in front]] or [[in flank]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.1</span>: regul. Adv. [[πλαγίως]] rare, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.32.2</span> (cj.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>850b37</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>47</span> : neut. [[πλάγιον]] as adverb, <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>363.13 (iv B. C.), al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[crooked]], [[treacherous]], φρένες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>3.5</span>; σὺν πλαγίῳ κόρῳ στείχοντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>1.64</span>; πλάγια [[φρονεῖν]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>332</span>; πλάγιοι ταῖς ψυχαῖς <span class="bibl">Plb.4.8.11</span>; <b class="b3">πλάγιον ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ γεγονέναι</b> = he had not [[act]]ed [[straight]] in the [[war]], he was [[wavering]], <span class="bibl">Id.30.1.6</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">προβλήματα πλάγια</b> involving [[arrière-pensée]], <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>4.13</span>. Adv. [[πλαγίως]], χρώμενοι ταῖς διαβολαῖς Plu.2.856c; but simply, [[indirectly]], [[by implication]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.173</span>; [[with an innuendo]], Plu.2.205b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Gramm., [[πτῶσις πλαγία]] = [[oblique]] [[case]], <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.60: freq. in plural, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span> 23.1</span>,al., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.177</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[πλαγία λέξις]] = [[dependent]] [[construction]], <span class="bibl">Demetr. <span class="title">Eloc.</span>198</span>; τὸ [[πλάγιον]], opp. τὸ [[εὐθύ]], ib.<span class="bibl">104</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[πλάγιον]], τό, technical term of uncertain meaning in connection with [[enrolment]] of [[ἔφηβος|ἔφηβοι]], ''Chron.d' Égypte'' <span class="bibl">7</span> (<span class="bibl">1932</span>).<span class="bibl">301</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7239.25</span> (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1084.31</span>(ii A. D.).</span>