pleqriai`o"
pleqriai`o" , a, on , ( plevqron ) broad or long, Xen.
pleqrivzw
pleqrivzw , f. sw , to run the plevqron ; metaph. to ’shoot with a long bow,’ Theophr.
plevqron
plevqron , tov , as measure of length, a plethron, = 100 Greek or 101 English feet, 1/6 of a stade, Hdt. , Xen.
II. as a square measure, 10,000 square feet (Greek) = about 37 perches, Plat. , Dem. ;—used to translate the Rom. jugerum, though this was about 2 roods 19 perches, Plut. (Deriv. uncertain.)
Pleiavde"
Pleiavde" , Ion. Plhiavde" , aiJ , the Pleiads, seven daughters of Atlas, placed by Zeus among the stars, Hom. , Hes. ; only six are distinctly visible, whence the myth of the ‘lost Pleiad,’ Ovid. (Prob. from plevw , to sail, because they rose at the beginning of the sailing-season, as \Uavde" from u{w , with reference to the rainy season. Poets, adopting the form Peleiavde" , represented them as doves, and the uJavde" as swine.)
plei`n
plei`n , Att. for plevon , v. pleivwn fin.
plei`o"
plei`o", pleiovtero" , v. plevw" .
pleistavki"
pleistavki" »a±1/4 , Adv. ( plei`sto" ) mostly, most often, very often, Xen ., etc.
pleisthvrh"
pleist-hvrh" , e", ( * a[rw ) manifold, a{pa" pl. crovno" all the whole length of time, Aesch. Hence pleisthrivzomai
pleisthrivzomai
pleisthrivzomai , Dep. to count as principal author, Aesch.
pleistobovlo"
pleisto-bovlo" , on , throwing the most, of dicers, Anth.
pleistovmbroto"
pleistovm-broto" , on , crowded with people, Pind.
plei`sto"
plei`sto" , h, on , Sup. of poluv" , most, largest, also very much, very large, both of number and size, Hom. , etc. ; plei`stov" eijmi th`/ gnwvmh/ I incline most to the opinion, Hdt.
2. with the Art., oiJ plei`stoi , much like oiJ polloiv , the greatest number, Thuc ., etc. ; to; plei`ston tou` bivou the greatest part of life, Plat. ; also hJ pl. th`" stratia`" Thuc.
II. Special usages: o{sa" a]n pleivsta" duvnainto katastrevfesqai the greatest number that they could possibly subdue, Hdt. ; o{ti pl . Thuc. , etc. :— ei|" ajnh;r plei`ston povnon parascwvn the