Included with:
παραπλήσιος, α, ον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ος, ον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
coming alongside of: hence,
coming near, nearly resembling; of numbers,
nearly equal, about as many; of size,
about as large; of age,
about equal; etc:
1)
absolutely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοιαῦτα καὶ π. such and
such-like, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς πράξεις ὁμοίας καὶ π. ἀποβαίνειν Isoc. [prev. cited]; ταὐτόν ἐστι σοφιστὴς καὶ ῥήτωρ, ἢ ἐγγύς τι καὶ παραπλήσιον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) frequently with
dative, ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ παραπλήσιοι ἀλλήλοισι ἐγίνοντο were
about equal, of a drawn battle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅμοι᾽ ἢ π. τούτοις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦχος συριγμοῦ π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) followed by a
relative, τρόπῳ παραπλησίῳ, τῷ καὶ Μασσαγέται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also π. πάσχουσιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb, π. ὡς εἰ,
perinde ac si, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
about the same distance and not much more, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ π. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
adverb -ίως[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρά γ᾽ ὁμοίως ἢ π; [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγωνισάμενος π. having fought
with nearly equal advantage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. καὶ, Latin
perinde ac, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχει καθάπερ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative παραπλησιαίτερον [
Refs]