πλάγιος: Difference between revisions

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