πλησίος

plēsiosNoun (Masculine)G8816

dear one

Full Lexicon Entry

1.near, close to, with genitive or dative, *πλησίοι ἀλλήλων *or *ἀλλήλοισι *(Homer):—;absolute near, neighbouring, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;as Substantive a neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς πλ. *ἄλλον *(Iliad by Homer), etc.
2.adverb πλησίον, doric πλα_τίον, = πέλας, near, nigh, hard by, with genitive, (Homer), etc.
3.with the Art., ὁ *πλησίον (i.e. ὤν); one's neighbour, (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; so in doric, ὁ πλα_τίον *(Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus):—;also, with Substantives, ὁ πλ. *παράδεισος *(Xenophon Historicus)
4.comparative πλησιαίτερος, Sup. -αίτατος, (Xenophon Historicus)—;comparative adverb πλησιαιτέρω, (Herdotus Historicus); -αίτερον, (Xenophon Historicus); Sup. -αίτατα, (Xenophon Historicus)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology G:N-M

DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine

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