παραπλήσιος (paraplesios)

Where it lives

Letter 4 2 · 24.3/10k
Letter 3 1 · 23.81/10k
De Insomniis 2 · 8.38/10k
De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
To Demonicus 2 · 6.92/10k
De aere aquis et locis 5 · 6.75/10k
De Respiratione 4 · 6.59/10k
Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
Helen 2 · 5.36/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 3 · 5.21/10k
Against Spudias 1 · 5.16/10k
Apology 1 · 5/10k

Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παραπλήσιος · paraplēsios — LSJ

coming alongside of, coming near, nearly resembling, nearly equal, about as many, about as large, about equal

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 such-like

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 about equal

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 attra

3 about the same distance, with nearly equal advantage

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 equ

In the wild

Παραπλήσιον · Paraplēsion Aristotle, Ars Poetica 6
παραπλησίαν · paraplēsian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..29 (DIORISIS sentence 366)
παραπλησίως · paraplēsiōs Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..63 (DIORISIS sentence 766)
παραπλήσια · paraplēsia Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 28)
παραπλήσιον · paraplēsion Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 19)
παραπλήσιον · paraplēsion Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 74)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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