I.placed sideways, slanting, aslant, Lat. obliquus, Thuc.
2.πλάγια, ων, τά, the sides, Hdt.:—in military sense, τοῖς πλαγίοις ἐπιέναι to attack the flanks, Thuc.; εἰς τὰ πλ. παράγειν or παραπέμπειν to make an army file off right and left, Xen.; πλαγίους λαβεῖν τοὺς πολεμίους to take the enemy in flank, id=Xen.