ἐπίπεδ-ος,ον,
A. on the ground, on the ground-floor,στοαὶ ἐ., opp.ὑπερῷοι, D.H. 3.68 , cf. PFlor. 376.7
(iii A.D.); σηκός
Aret. CA 2.2
.
II. .level, flat, Pl. Criti. 112a ; χωρίον
X. HG 7.1.29
, etc.;οὐκ ἐν ἐπιπέδῳ, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ὀρθίῳnoton a level, but . . , ib. 6.4.14 ; ἐξ ἐπιπέδου
PThead. 20i3
(iv A.D.);=Lat.de plano, J. AJ 19.5.3 : irreg. Comp.
-πεδέστερος
X. HG 7.4.13
.
2. .στεγνὰ ἐπίπεδαan accurately fittingpavement, SIG 996.27 (Smyrna,i A.D.).
III. . in Geom.,plane,superficial, opp.στερεός(solid), Pl. Phlb. 51c , Ti. 32a ;ἐ. γωνίαaplaneangle, ib. 54e ;ἡ τοῦ ἐ. πραγματεία planegeometry, Id. R. 528d ;μήκους καὶ ἐ. καὶ βάθουςone-,two-, and three-dimensional magnitude, Id. Lg. 817e ; εἰ κῶνος τέμνοιτο ἐπιπέδῳ