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|Definition=Dor. [[πλατιάζω]] Archyt. ap. Stob.1.41.2: pf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πεπλησίακα Isoc.3.36, Pl.''Tht.''144a: ([[πλησίος]]):—[[bring near]], [ἵππον] ὄψεσι, ψόφοις, X.''Eq.''2.5; <b class="b3">ναῦν λιμένι</b> Sch.Ar.''Ra.''271:—Pass., [[come near]], [[approach]], τινι E.''El.''634.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., abs., to [[be near]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''91: c. dat., [[draw near to]], [[approach]], <b class="b3">τῷ πάθει, τοῖς πολεμίοις</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.3.16, ''An.''4.6.6.al. (rarely c. gen., τῶν ἄκρων Id.''Cyr.''3.2.8: abs., τὸ πλησιάζον ὀστοῦν Gal.18 (1).304); ἀλλήλοις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 97a; π. τόποις Amphis4; π. τῷ γενειάσκειν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 181d; <b class="b3">ἀρχαῖς π.</b> [[enter on]] a career of public office, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]'' 26.3; so <b class="b3">π. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν</b>, = [[accedere ad rem publicam]], Luc.''Anach.'' 21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. dat. pers., [[consort]], [[associate with]], τῷδε τἀνδρί [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 1136, cf. Pl.''La.''197d, ''Tht.''143d, 144a, al., Isoc.2.4; <b class="b3">οἱ πλησιάζοντες</b> a man's [[followers]] or [[disciples]], Id.15.175, cf. 1.30; οἱ ἐμοὶ πεπλησιακότες Lib.''Ep.''750.1; <b class="b3">π. τινὶ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, διὰ φιλοσοφίαν</b>, Luc.''Herm.''80, Plu.''Dem.''2; also π. παιδεύσει [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 496a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers., [[have sexual intercourse with]]…, D.40.8, Hyp.''Lyc.''3, Plu.2.769a: metaph., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 490b; οὐδενὶ σώματι πεπλησιακώς Isoc.3.36; of animals, whether of the male, Arist.''HA''546a26, 578b12; or the female, ib. 584b23, ''GA''727b25; or both sexes, Id.''HA''539b21, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Gramm., [[indicate proximity]], A.D.''Pron.''21.11.