πλάγιος
plagiosAdjectiveG8800
sideways
Full Lexicon Entry
1.placed sideways, slanting, aslant, Lat. obliquus, (Thucydides)
2.πλάγια, ων, τά, the sides, (Herdotus Historicus):—;in military sense, *τοῖς πλαγίοις ἐπιέναι *to attack the flanks, (Thucydides); εἰς τὰ πλ. *παράγειν *or *παραπέμπειν *to make an army file off right and left, (Xenophon Historicus); *πλαγίους λαβεῖν τοὺς πολεμίους *to take the enemy in flank, (Xenophon Historicus)
3.with Preps. in adverbial sense, *εἰς πλάγιον *obliquely, (Xenophon Historicus); εἰς τὰ πλάγια, opposite to εἰς τὸ ἀντίον, (Thucydides); *ἐκ πλαγίου *in flank, (Thucydides); *κατὰ πλάγια *(Xenophon Historicus)
4.metaphorically not straightforward, crooked, treacherous, *φρένες *(Pindar); *πλάγια φρονεῖν *(Euripides)
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Part of Speech Adjective
Morphology G:A
DescriptionGreek Adjective
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