πλευρά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾶς, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[πλευρόν]], [[rib]], rare in sg., βοὸς π. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.64; παρὰ τὴν π. ἑκάστην Arist.''HA''513b29: pl., [[ribs]], Id.''PA''654b35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., generally, [[side]] of a man or animal, ἄλλοτ' ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δ' αὖτε ὕπτιος Il.24.10; of [[both sides]], ἀνὰ πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους 23.716; οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία ἀμφοτέρωθεν μαστίεται 20.170, cf. Hes.''Sc.''430, A.''Pr.''71, ''Eu.''843 (lyr.): sg., also, of [[one side]], S.''OC''1260, ''Aj.''834, etc.; a [[side]] of beef, etc., ''PCair.Zen.''381.5 (iii B.C., written [[πλερά]]): the pl. form is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in E.''Hec.''826.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[side]], of things and places, νηὸς πλευραί Thgn.513; χωρίου Pl.''Sis.''388e; ([[Πακτωλοῦ]]) D.P. 833; of an army, αἱ π. τοῦ πλαισίου X.''An.''3.4.22, cf. 28, Plu.''Mar.'' 25, etc.; παρὰ π. τινὶ εἶναι Plb.5.26.6; <b class="b3">παρὰ π.</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ κεφαλήν</b>, ''IG''22.463.72<br><span class="bld">III</span> Math., [[side]] of a triangle or other figure, Antipho Soph.13, Pl.''Ti.''53d, 54c, etc.: esp.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[side]] of a rectangle, ib.36c: hence, [[one factor]] of any product, Id.''Tht.''148a, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1051a26, Euc.7 ''Def.''17, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[side]] of a square of cube, and [[root]] of a square of cubic number, Id.8.11, 12, ''Theol.Ar.''11; <b class="b3">κυβικὴ π.</b> cube [[root]], Ph.''Bel.''52.4.<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[generator]] of a cone or cylinder, Archim.''Sph.Cyl.''1.8, 12.