πλησίος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πλησίος • (plēsíos) m (feminine πλησίᾱ, neuter πλησίον); first/second declension

  1. near, neighboring

Declension

First and second declension of πλησῐ́ος; πλησῐ́ᾱ; πλησῐ́ον (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative πλησῐ́ος
plēsíos 		πλησῐ́ᾱ
plēsíā 		πλησῐ́ον
plēsíon 		πλησῐ́ω
plēsíō 		πλησῐ́ᾱ
plēsíā 		πλησῐ́ω
plēsíō 		πλησῐ́οι
plēsíoi 		πλησῐ́αι
plēsíai 		πλησῐ́ᾰ
plēsía
Genitive πλησῐ́ου
plēsíou 		πλησῐ́ᾱς
plēsíās 		πλησῐ́ου
plēsíou 		πλησῐ́οιν
plēsíoin 		πλησῐ́αιν
plēsíain 		πλησῐ́οιν
plēsíoin 		πλησῐ́ων
plēsíōn 		πλησῐ́ων
plēsíōn 		πλησῐ́ων
plēsíōn
Dative πλησῐ́ῳ
plēsíōi 		πλησῐ́ᾳ
plēsíāi 		πλησῐ́ῳ
plēsíōi 		πλησῐ́οιν
plēsíoin 		πλησῐ́αιν
plēsíain 		πλησῐ́οιν
plēsíoin 		πλησῐ́οις
plēsíois 		πλησῐ́αις
plēsíais 		πλησῐ́οις
plēsíois
Accusative πλησῐ́ον
plēsíon 		πλησῐ́ᾱν
plēsíān 		πλησῐ́ον
plēsíon 		πλησῐ́ω
plēsíō 		πλησῐ́ᾱ
plēsíā 		πλησῐ́ω
plēsíō 		πλησῐ́ους
plēsíous 		πλησῐ́ᾱς
plēsíās 		πλησῐ́ᾰ
plēsía
Vocative πλησῐ́ε
plēsíe 		πλησῐ́ᾱ
plēsíā 		πλησῐ́ον
plēsíon 		πλησῐ́ω
plēsíō 		πλησῐ́ᾱ
plēsíā 		πλησῐ́ω
plēsíō 		πλησῐ́οι
plēsíoi 		πλησῐ́αι
plēsíai 		πλησῐ́ᾰ
plēsía
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
πλησῐ́ως
plēsíōs 		πλησῐώτερος
plēsiṓteros 		πλησῐώτᾰτος
plēsiṓtatos
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “πλησίος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πλησίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “πλησίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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