STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: πλάγιος

πλάγιος [ᾰ], α, ον,

also ος, ον [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.6.3, etc.: (see. πλάζω (A) near the end)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— placed sideways, athwart, τριήρεις [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.59, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. φορά oblique motion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39a; opposed to ἀντία (direct), [prev. work] 43e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλάγιον θεῖναί τι, opposed to ὀρθόν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.9; τάφρους ὀρύσσειν τὰς μὲν πλαγίους τὰς δὲ ὀρθίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαστοὶ π. pointing sideways, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 688a35: Geometry texts, π. διάμετρος] Refs 4th c.BC+] transverse diameter, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1 “Def.” 1.5; π. πλευρά [prev. work]1.14; τὰ π] Refs 3rd c.BC+]., of the regions round the celestial poles, as being transverse to the diurnal rotation, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 285b12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; horizontal, μεσηγὺ δύο στύλων στρωτῆρα π. εὖ προσδῆσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 7; πλάγι᾽ ἐστὶ τἄλλα, τοῦτο δ᾽ ὀρθὸν θηρίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of window bars, opposed to ἀντία, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 663.8 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; so ξύλον κρεμάσαι π. [[ 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.99 ] Refs 7th c.AD+]; π. Σελήνη, opposed to ὀρθή, [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).174] Refs]; πλαγία φάλαγξ an army in march with extended front, transverse to the direction of march, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.1, 11.1] Refs 1st c.BC+]; also of ships, π. παραβάλλουσαι ἀλλήλαις [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.22.9; παρεδίδου π. [τὰς τριήρεις] τοῖς Ἕλλησι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 14; π. ὥσπερ πνεύματι παραδιδοὺς ἑαυτόν [prev. author] 2.28d. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]