παραπλήσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.202</span>, <span class="bibl">4.128</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.78</span>, etc.; also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Th.1.84</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.37.8</span> :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[coming alongside of]] : hence, [[coming near]], [[nearly resembling]]; of numbers, [[nearly equal]], [[about as many]]; of size, [[about as large]]; of age, [[about equal]]; etc. : </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> abs., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.128</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τοιαῦτα καὶ π</b>. such and [[such-like]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.22</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς πράξεις ὁμοίας καὶ π. ἀποβαίνειν</b> Isoc.l.c.; ταὐτόν ἐστι σοφιστὴς καὶ ῥήτωρ, ἢ ἐγγύς τι καὶ παραπλήσιον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>520a</span>; ναυσὶ παραπλησίαις τὸν ἀριθμόν <span class="bibl">Th. 7.70</span>; ἱππεῖς π. τὸ πλῆθος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.3.15</span>; ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς π. ἱππέας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>8.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> freq. c. dat., <b class="b3">ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ παραπλήσιοι ἀλλήλοισι ἐγίνοντο</b> were [[about equal]], of a drawn battle, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.16</span>; νῆσοι Λέσβῳ μεγάθεα παραπλήσιαι <span class="bibl">Id.1.202</span>; ἐσθὴς τῇ Κορινθίῃ παραπλησιωτάτη <span class="bibl">Id.5.87</span>; π. τούτῳ καὶ ὅμοιον <span class="bibl">D.19.196</span>; <b class="b3">ὅμοι' ἢ π. τούτοις</b> ib.307 : with dat. of the person for dat. of that which belongs to the person, ἔπαθε παραπλήσια τούτῳ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.14.2</span>, etc. : rarely c. gen., <span class="bibl">Id.1.23.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἦχος συριγμοῦ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>21.1</span> (in <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Sph.</span>217b</span> the gen. [[ὧν]] is due to the attraction). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> followed by a relat., τρόπῳ παραπλησίῳ, τῷ καὶ Μασσαγέται <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.172</span>; by καί, Λυδοὶ νόμοισι π. χρέωνται καὶ Ἕλληνες <span class="bibl">Id.1.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.5.112</span>, <span class="bibl">7.71</span>; also <b class="b3">π. πάσχουσιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ</b>… <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.27</span> : neut. [[παραπλήσια]] as adverb, <b class="b3">π. ὡς εἰ</b>... [[perinde ac si]]... <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.99</span> : sg., <b class="b3">παραπλήσιον καὶ οὐ πολλῷ πλέον</b> [[about the same distance]] and not much more, <span class="bibl">Th.7.19</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S. 19.43</span> : more freq. regul. Adv. <b class="b3">-ίως</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37a</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἆρά γ' ὁμοίως ἢ π</b>.; <span class="bibl">D.3.27</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγωνισάμενος π</b>. having fought [[with nearly equal advantage]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.77</span>; π. τοῖς εἰρημένοις πράττοντας <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.51</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">π. καὶ</b>... Lat. [[perinde ac]]... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.119</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἔχει καθάπερ</b>… <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>321a</span> : Comp. παραπλησιαίτερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>275c</span>.</span>