παραπλήσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

παρα- (para-) +‎ πλησίος (plēsíos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.plɛ̌ː.si.os/ → /pa.raˈpli.si.os/ → /pa.raˈpli.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.plɛ̌ː.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈple̝.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpli.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpli.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpli.si.os/

Adjective

πᾰρᾰπλήσῐος • (paraplḗsios) m (feminine πᾰρᾰπλησίᾱ, neuter πᾰρᾰπλήσῐον); first/second declension

1. nearly resembling
2. nearly equal, about equal

Declension

First and second declension of πᾰρᾰπλήσῐος; πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱ; πᾰρᾰπλήσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρᾰπλήσῐος paraplḗsios	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱ paraplēsíā	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐον paraplḗsion		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ω paraplēsíō	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱ paraplēsíā	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ω paraplēsíō		πᾰρᾰπλήσῐοι paraplḗsioi	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐαι paraplḗsiai	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐᾰ paraplḗsia
Genitive		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ου paraplēsíou	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱς paraplēsíās	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ου paraplēsíou		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́οιν paraplēsíoin	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́αιν paraplēsíain	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́οιν paraplēsíoin		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ων paraplēsíōn	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ων paraplēsíōn	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ων paraplēsíōn
Dative		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ῳ paraplēsíōi	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾳ paraplēsíāi	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ῳ paraplēsíōi		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́οιν paraplēsíoin	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́αιν paraplēsíain	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́οιν paraplēsíoin		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́οις paraplēsíois	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́αις paraplēsíais	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́οις paraplēsíois
Accusative		πᾰρᾰπλήσῐον paraplḗsion	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱν paraplēsíān	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐον paraplḗsion		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ω paraplēsíō	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱ paraplēsíā	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ω paraplēsíō		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ους paraplēsíous	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱς paraplēsíās	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐᾰ paraplḗsia
Vocative		πᾰρᾰπλήσῐε paraplḗsie	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱ paraplēsíā	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐον paraplḗsion		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ω paraplēsíō	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ᾱ paraplēsíā	πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ω paraplēsíō		πᾰρᾰπλήσῐοι paraplḗsioi	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐαι paraplḗsiai	πᾰρᾰπλήσῐᾰ paraplḗsia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πᾰρᾰπλησῐ́ως paraplēsíōs				πᾰρᾰπλησῐώτερος paraplēsiṓteros				πᾰρᾰπλησῐώτᾰτος paraplēsiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• παραπλήσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “παραπλήσιος”, 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.
  • approximate idem, page 37.
  • corresponding idem, page 176.
  • equal idem, page 280.
  • like idem, page 491.
  • parallel idem, page 591.
  • piece idem, page 611.
  • similar idem, page 776.
  • uniform idem, page 921.