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παραπλήσιος

παραπλήσιος, coming near, nearly resembling, such-like

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παραπλήσια neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural of παραπλήσιος

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παραπλήσιος, α, ον Hdt. 1.202, 4.128, Isoc. 7.78, etc.; also ος, ον Th. 1.84, Plb. 1.37.8:—
  • coming alongside of: hence, coming near, nearly resembling; of numbers, nearly equal, about as many; of size, about as large; of age, about equal; etc.:
      • 1 abs., Hdt. 4.128, etc.; τοιαῦτα καὶ π. such and such-like, Th. 1.22; τὰς πράξεις ὁμοίας καὶ π. ἀποβαίνειν Isoc. l.c.; ταὐτόν ἐστι σοφιστὴς καὶ ῥήτωρ, ἢ ἐγγύς τι καὶ παραπλήσιον Pl. Grg. 520a; ναυσὶ παραπλησίαις τὸν ἀριθμόν Th. 7.70; ἱππεῖς π. τὸ πλῆθος X. HG 4.3.15; ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς π. ἱππέας Id. Eq.Mag. 8.17.
      • 2 freq. c. dat., ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ παραπλήσιοι ἀλλήλοισι ἐγίνοντο were about equal, of a drawn battle, Hdt. 8.16; νῆσοι Λέσβῳ μεγάθεα παραπλήσιαι Id. 1.202; ἐσθὴς τῇ Κορινθίῃ παραπλησιωτάτη Id. 5.87; π. τούτῳ καὶ ὅμοιον D. 19.196; ὅμοιʼ ἢ π. τούτοις ib. 307: with dat. of the person for dat. of that which belongs to the person, ἔπαθε παραπλήσια τούτῳ Hdt. 4.78, cf. Plb. 1.14.2, etc.: rarely c. gen., Id. 1.23.6; ἦχος συριγμοῦ π. Philum. Ven. 21.1 (in Pl. Sph. 217b the gen. ὧν is due to the attraction).
      • 3 folld. by a relat., τρόπῳ παραπλησίῳ, τῷ καὶ Μασσαγέται Hdt. 4.172; by καί, Λυδοὶ νόμοισι π. χρέωνται καὶ Ἕλληνες Id. 1.94, cf. Th. 5.112, 7.71; also π. πάσχουσιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ . . Isoc. 1.27: neut. παραπλήσια as Adv., π. ὡς εἰ . ., perinde ac si . ., Hdt. 4.99: sg., παραπλήσιον καὶ οὐ πολλῷ πλέον about the same distance and not much more, Th. 7.19; τὸ π. D.S. 19.43: more freq. regul. Adv. -ίως, Pl. Ap. 37a, al.; ἆρά γʼ ὁμοίως ἢ π.; D. 3.27; ἀγωνισάμενος π. having fought with nearly equal advantage, Hdt. 1.77; π. τοῖς εἰρημένοις πράττοντας Isoc. 5.51, etc.; π. καὶ . ., Lat. perinde ac . ., Hdt. 7.119; π. ἔχει καθάπερ . . Pl. Ep. 321a: Comp. παραπλησιαίτερον Id. Plt. 275c.

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