A.“πεπλησίακα” Isoc.3.36, Pl.Tht.144a: (πλησίος):—bring near, [ἵππον] ὄψεσι, ψόφοις, X.Eq.2.5; ναῦν λιμένι Sch.Ar.Ra.271:—Pass., come near, approach, τινι E.El.634.
II. intr., abs., to be near, S.OT91: c. dat., draw near to, approach, τῷ πάθει, τοῖς πολεμίοις, X.Cyr.7.3.16, An.4.6.6.al. (rarely c. gen., “τῶν ἄκρων” Id.Cyr.3.2.8: abs., “τὸ πλησιάζον ὀστοῦν” Gal.18 (1).304); “ἀλλήλοις” Pl.Phd.97a; “π. τόποις” Amphis4; “π. τῷ γενειάσκειν” Pl.Smp.181d; ἀρχαῖς π. enter on a career of public office, Thphr.Char. 26.3; so π. πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν, = accedere ad rem publicam, Luc.Anach. 21.
2. c. dat. pers., consort, associate with, “τῷδε τἀνδρί” S.OT 1136, cf. Pl.La.197d, Tht.143d, 144a, al., Isoc.2.4; οἱ πλησιάζοντες a man's followers or disciples, Id.15.175, cf. 1.30; “οἱ ἐμοὶ πεπλησιακότες” Lib.Ep.750.1; π. τινὶ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, διὰ φιλοσοφίαν, Luc.Herm.80, Plu.Dem.2; also “π. παιδεύσει” Pl.R.496a.
3. c. dat. pers., have sexual intercourse with . . , D.40.8, Hyp.Lyc.3, Plu.2.769a: metaph., Pl.R.490b; “οὐδενὶ σώματι πεπλησιακώς” Isoc.3.36; of animals, whether of the male, Arist.HA546a26, 578b12; or the female, ib. 584b23, GA727b25; or both sexes, Id.HA539b21, al.
III. Gramm., indicate proximity, A.D.Pron.21.11.
