previous next
πλευρ-ά , ᾶς, ἡ,
A.= πλευρόν, rib, rare in sg., “βοὸς π.” Hdt.4.64; “παρὰ τὴν π. ἑκάστην” Arist.HA513b29: pl., ribs, Id.PA654b35.
2. pl., generally, side of a man or animal, “ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖτε ὕπτιος” Il.24.10; of both sides, “ἀνὰ πλευράς τε καὶ ὤμους” 23.716; “οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία ἀμφοτέρωθεν μαστίεται” 20.170, cf. Hes.Sc.430, A.Pr.71, Eu.843 (lyr.): sg., also, of one side, S.OC1260, Aj.834, etc.; a side of beef, etc., PCair.Zen.381.5 (iii B.C., written πλερά): the pl. form is v.l. in E.Hec.826.
II. side, of things and places, “νηὸς πλευραί” Thgn.513; “χωρίου” Pl.Sis.388e; [Πακτωλοῦ] D.P. 833; of an army, “αἱ π. τοῦ πλαισίου” X.An.3.4.22, cf. 28, Plu.Mar. 25, etc.; “παρὰ π. τινὶ εἶναι” Plb.5.26.6; παρὰ π., opp. κατὰ κεφαλήν, IG22.463.72
III. Math., side of a triangle or other figure, Antipho Soph.13, Pl.Ti.53d, 54c, etc.: esp.
b. side of a rectangle, ib.36c: hence, one factor of any product, Id.Tht.148a, Arist. Metaph.1051a26, Euc.7 Def.17, etc.
c. side of a square of cube, and root of a square of cubic number, Id.8.11, 12, Theol.Ar.11; κυβικὴ π. cube root, Ph.Bel.52.4.
d. generator of a cone or cylinder, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.8, 12.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: