I.near, close to, c. gen. or dat., πλησίοι ἀλλήλων or ἀλλήλοισι Hom.:—absol. near, neighbouring, Il., Aesch., etc.:—as Subst. a neighbour, ἰδὼν ἐς πλ. ἄλλον Il., etc.
II.adv. πλησίον, doric πλα_τίον, ῀ πέλας, near, nigh, hard by, c. gen., Hom., Hdt., etc.; c. dat., Eur.
2.with the Art., ὁ πλησίον (sc. ὤν) one's neighbour, Theogn., Eur., etc.; so in doric, ὁ πλα_τίον Theocr.:—also, with Substs., ὁ πλ. παράδεισος Xen.
III.comp. πλησιαίτερος, Sup. -αίτατος, id=Xen.—comp. adv. πλησιαιτέρω, Hdt.; -αίτερον, Xen.; Sup. -αίτατα, id=Xen.