πλάγιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], α, ον, also ος, ον <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">π. 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 π</b>. [[pointing sideways]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>688a35</span> : Geom., <b class="b3">π. 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">π. πλευρά</b> ib.1.14; <b class="b3">τὰ π</b>., of the regions round the celestial poles, 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">π. Σελήνη</b>, opp. [[ὀρθή]], <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(3).174; <b class="b3">πλαγία φάλαγξ</b> 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>; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., 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> esp. in military sense, <b class="b3">τοῖς π. ἐπιέναι</b> attack [[the flanks]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.32</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὰ π. παραγαγεῖν, παραπέμψαι</b>, 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">π. 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. 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, <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ π</b>. [[sideways]], [ῥὶς] ἐς τὸ π. 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. <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ ἀντίον</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.12</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς πλάγια</b>, opp. [[καταντικρύ]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>194b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ πλαγίου</b>, opp. [[καταντικρύ]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>598a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ πλαγίου</b> [[in flank]], esp. 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 π</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>377b29</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ π</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 π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">378a3</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὸ π</b>. <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. -ίως 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 Adv., <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">π. ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ</b> [[wavering]], <span class="bibl">Id.30.1.6</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">προβλήματα π</b>. <b class="b2">involving arrière-pensée</b>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>4.13</span>. Adv. -ίως, 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., <b class="b3">πτῶσις πλαγία</b> [[oblique]] case, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.60: freq. in pl., <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> <b class="b3">π. λέξις</b> [[dependent]] construction, <span class="bibl">Demetr. <span class="title">Eloc.</span>198</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὸ εὐθύ</b>, 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 [[ἔφηβοι]], <b class="b2">Chron.d' Égypte</b> <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>