Liddell-Scott-Jones

πλάγιος (plagios) sideways ^G:A

πλάγιος [ᾰ], α, ον,

also ος, ον [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— placed sideways, athwart, τριήρεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. φορά oblique motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλάγιον θεῖναί τι, opposed to ὀρθόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαστοὶ π. pointing sideways, [Refs 4th c.BC+] transverse diameter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]., of the regions round the celestial poles, as being transverse to the diurnal rotation, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; horizontal, μεσηγὺ δύο στύλων στρωτῆρα π. εὖ προσδῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of window bars, opposed to ἀντία, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; so ξύλον κρεμάσαι π. [Refs 7th c.AD+]; π. Σελήνη, opposed to ὀρθή, [Refs]; πλαγία φάλαγξ an army in march with extended front, transverse to the direction of march, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also of ships, π. παραβάλλουσαι ἀλλήλαις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

__2 πλάγια, τά, sides, flanks, τῆς Σκυθικῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π., of the body, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b especially in military sense, τοῖς π. ἐπιέναι attack the flanks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὰ π. παραγαγεῖν, παραπέμψαι, to make an army file off right and left, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. λαβεῖν τοὺς πολεμίους to take the enemy in flank, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 of ground, sloping, [Refs]
__4 frequently with Preps. in adverb sense, εἰς τὸ π. sideways, [ῥὶς] ἐς τὸ π. κατάγνυται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to εἰς τὸ ἀντίον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς πλάγια, opposed to καταντικρύ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ πλαγίου, opposed to καταντικρύ, [Refs]; ἐκ πλαγίου in flank, especially in military sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ π. [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὸ π. [Refs]; πρόσθεν ἢ κατὰ [τὰ] πλάγια in front or in flank, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: regular adverb -ίως rare, [Refs 4th c.BC+] as adverb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, crooked, treacherous, φρένες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ wavering, [Refs]; προβλήματα π. involving arrière-pensée, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ίως, χρώμενοι ταῖς διαβολαῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but simply, indirectly, by implication, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; with an innuendo, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III Grammars, πτῶσις πλαγία oblique case, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.2 π. λέξις dependent construction, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV πλάγιον, τό, technical term of uncertain meaning in connexion with enrolment of ἔφηβοι, Chron.d' Égypte [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.3.29}