| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| πλήσιοι | O dear men | LXX.Song.5.1 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
πλησίος (plēsios) dear one G:N-M
πλησίος-ος, α, ον,
Boeotian dialect πλᾱτίος [Refs]: (πέλας, πελάζω):— near, close to, with genitive, πλησίοι ἀλλήλων variant in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with dative, πλησίοι ἀλλήλοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, near, neighbouring, πλησίαι αἵ γ᾽ ἥσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: substantive, neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς π. ἄλλον [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II adverb πλησίον, Aeolic dialect πλάσιον [ᾱ] [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect πλᾱτίον: ={πέλας}, near, hard by, with genitive, τὰ μὲν κατέθεντ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίῃ π. ἀλλήλων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεῖται στενωποῦ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 with the Article, ὁ πλησίον (i.e. ὤν) one's neighbour, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect, ὁ πλατίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ π. παράδεισος, αἱ π. κῶμαι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III superlative -αίτατος [Refs] adverb -αιτέρω[Refs 5th c.BC+]; -αίτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -αίτατα[Refs]: later comparative -έστερος[Refs 6th c.AD+]. adverb -έστερον[LXX+4th c.AD+]—The adjective is poetry and Ionic dialect; in Attic dialect Prose only the adverb is found.