πλησίος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλᾱτίος (plātíos) — Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach”). By surface analysis, an adjectival formation from πέλας (pélas, “near, nearby”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛː.sí.os/ → /pliˈsi.os/ → /pliˈsi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plɛː.sí.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ple̝ˈsi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pliˈsi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pliˈsi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈsi.os/

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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλησιάζω (plēsiázō)
• πλησίον (plēsíon)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • close idem, page 138.
  • near idem, page 553.