Ancient Greek

Noun

πλευρᾱ́ • ‎(pleurā́) f ‎(genitive πλευρᾶς); first declension

1. (anatomy, rare) a rib
2. (in the plural) side of a man or animal
3. side, of things and places
4. (geometry) a line that forms the side of a triangle or other two-dimensional figure
   • 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 7.17
5. (geometry) a square that forms the side of a cube
   • 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 8.17.11

Inflection

Synonyms

• (rib): πλευρόν ‎(pleurón)

Derived terms

Related terms

References

πλευρά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• πλευρά in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «πλευρά» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «πλευρά» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G4125”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • flank idem, page 325.
  • rib idem, page 712.
  • side idem, page 772.

Greek

Etymology 1

Noun

πλευρά • ‎(plevrá) f ‎(plural πλευρές)

1. side (especially a surface or an area)

   στη δυτική πλευρά του κτιρίου

   on the west side of the building

   η αίθουσα είχε δύο πλευρές με καθίσματα

   the room has two sides with seats

2. side

   η δεξιά πλευρά του αυτοκινήτου

   the right (hand) side of the car

Declension

Derived terms

• αναλογία πλευρών f ‎(analogía plevrón, “aspect ratio”)

Etymology 2

Noun

πλευρά • ‎(plevrá) n

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of πλευρό ‎(plevró).