πέλᾰς,
adverb near, hard by, with genitive, which commonly stands before π., Τηλεμάχου π. ἵστατο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.257 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Νείλου π. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 308, compare “Ag.” 1038, 1671 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ τάδ᾽ ἀγχόνης π. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 246, compare “HF” 1109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also before its case, π. τῆς Κασταλίης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.39, compare 138; αὕτη π. σοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1474 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; separated from its case, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 580. ] Refs]
__2 with dative, π. ἐμβόλῳ, σκάπτῳ π., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.18, “N.” 11.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σοὶ π. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 208, compare “fragment” 102. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, χριμφθεὶς πέλας [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.516 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. στείχειν, παρεῖναι, παραστατεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 877, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 83, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 669. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II οἱ π. (i.e. ὄντες) one's neighbours, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 293, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 58, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.97, 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 15.6 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69, 4.78, 92, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1169a14, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; one's fellow creatures, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 2, “Hipp.” 441 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τῶν πέλας κακά, opposed to τὰ οἰκήϊα, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.152: _sing._, ὁ π] Refs 5th c.BC+]. one's neighbour, [[ [prev. author] 3.142, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32; πᾶς τις αὑτὸν τοῦ π. μᾶλλον φιλεῖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πλησίον.