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πέλας (pelas) a one near ^G:A

πέλας,

adverb near, hard by, with genitive, which commonly stands before π., Τηλεμάχου π. ἵστατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Νείλου π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ τάδ᾽ ἀγχόνης π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also before its case, π. τῆς Κασταλίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; separated from its case, [Refs]

__2 with dative, π. ἐμβόλῳ, σκάπτῳ π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοὶ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, χριμφθεὶς πέλας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. στείχειν, παρεῖναι, παραστατεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II οἱ π. (i.e. ὄντες) one's neighbours, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; one's fellow creatures, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τῶν πέλας κακά, opposed to τὰ οἰκήϊα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. one's neighbour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πλησίον.
__III superlative πελαστάτω nearest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: a superlative adjective πελάστατος, η, ον, [Refs]