bring near,
πλησι-άζω, Dor.
πλᾱτιάζω
Archyt. ap. Stob. 1.41.2 :pf.
A.
πεπλησίακα
Isoc. 3.36
, Pl. Tht. 144a : (πλησίος):—bring near,[ἵππον] ὄψεσι, ψόφοις,
X. Eq. 2.5 ;ναῦν λιμένιSch. Ar. Ra. 271 :— Pass. ,come near, approach, τινι
E. El. 634 .
II. intr., abs.,to be near,
S. OT 91 : c. dat.,draw near to, approach, τῷ πάθει, τοῖς πολεμίοις,
X. Cyr. 7.3.16 , An. 4.6.6 .al. (rarely c. gen., τῶν ἄκρων
Id. Cyr. 3.2.8
: abs., τὸ πλησιάζον ὀστοῦν
Gal. 18
( 1 ). 304 ); ἀλλήλοις
Pl. Phd. 97a
; π. τόποις
Amphis 4
; π. τῷ γενειάσκειν
Pl. Smp. 181d
;ἀρχαῖς π. enter ona career of public office, Thphr. Char. 26.3 ; soπ. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν, = accedere ad rem publicam,
Luc. Anach. 21 .
2. c. dat. pers.,consort, associate with,
τῷδε τἀνδρί
S. OT 1136
, cf. Pl. La. 197d , Tht. 143d , 144a , al., Isoc. 2.4 ;οἱ πλησιάζοντεςa man'sfollowersordisciples,
Id. 15.175 , cf. 1.30 ; οἱ ἐμοὶ πεπλησιακότες
Lib. Ep. 750.1
;π. τινὶ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, διὰ φιλοσοφίαν,
Luc. Herm. 80 , Plu. Dem. 2 ; also π. παιδεύσει
Pl. R. 496a
.
3. c. dat. pers.,have sexual intercourse with . . ,
D. 40.8 , Hyp. Lyc. 3 , Plu. 2.769a : metaph., Pl. R. 490b ; οὐδενὶ σώματι πεπλησιακώς
Isoc. 3.36
; of animals, whether of the male, Arist. HA 546a26 , 578b12 ; or the female, ib. 584b23 , GA 727b25 ; or both sexes, Id. HA 539b21 , al.
III. Gramm.,indicate proximity,
A.D. Pron. 21.11 .
