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 plēsĭ́os	πλησῐ́ᾱ plēsĭ́ā	πλησῐ́ον plēsĭ́on		πλησῐ́ω plēsĭ́ō	πλησῐ́ᾱ plēsĭ́ā	πλησῐ́ω plēsĭ́ō		πλησῐ́οι plēsĭ́oi	πλησῐ́αι plēsĭ́ai	πλησῐ́ᾰ plēsĭ́ă
Genitive		πλησῐ́ου plēsĭ́ou	πλησῐ́ᾱς plēsĭ́ās	πλησῐ́ου plēsĭ́ou		πλησῐ́οιν plēsĭ́oin	πλησῐ́αιν plēsĭ́ain	πλησῐ́οιν plēsĭ́oin		πλησῐ́ων plēsĭ́ōn	πλησῐ́ων plēsĭ́ōn	πλησῐ́ων plēsĭ́ōn
Dative		πλησῐ́ῳ plēsĭ́ōi	πλησῐ́ᾳ plēsĭ́āi	πλησῐ́ῳ plēsĭ́ōi		πλησῐ́οιν plēsĭ́oin	πλησῐ́αιν plēsĭ́ain	πλησῐ́οιν plēsĭ́oin		πλησῐ́οις plēsĭ́ois	πλησῐ́αις plēsĭ́ais	πλησῐ́οις plēsĭ́ois
Accusative		πλησῐ́ον plēsĭ́on	πλησῐ́ᾱν plēsĭ́ān	πλησῐ́ον plēsĭ́on		πλησῐ́ω plēsĭ́ō	πλησῐ́ᾱ plēsĭ́ā	πλησῐ́ω plēsĭ́ō		πλησῐ́ους plēsĭ́ous	πλησῐ́ᾱς plēsĭ́ās	πλησῐ́ᾰ plēsĭ́ă
Vocative		πλησῐ́ε plēsĭ́e	πλησῐ́ᾱ plēsĭ́ā	πλησῐ́ον plēsĭ́on		πλησῐ́ω plēsĭ́ō	πλησῐ́ᾱ plēsĭ́ā	πλησῐ́ω plēsĭ́ō		πλησῐ́οι plēsĭ́oi	πλησῐ́αι plēsĭ́ai	πλησῐ́ᾰ plēsĭ́ă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πλησῐ́ως plēsĭ́ōs				πλησῐώτερος plēsĭṓteros				πλησῐώτᾰτος plēsĭṓtătos
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.