- πλάγιος
- sideways
- 1. placed sideways, slanting, aslant , Lat. obliquus, [Refs 5th c.BC]
2. πλάγια, ων, τά, the sides , [Refs 5th c.BC]:—;in military sense, τοῖς πλαγίοις ἐπιέναι to attack the flanks , [Refs 5th c.BC]; εἰς τὰ πλ. παράγειν or παραπέμπειν to make an army file off right and left , [5th/4th c.BC]; πλαγίους λαβεῖν τοὺς πολεμίους to take the enemy in flank , [5th/4th c.BC]
3. with Preps. in adverb. sense, εἰς πλάγιον obliquely , [5th/4th c.BC]; εἰς τὰ πλάγια, opp. to εἰς τὸ ἀντίον, [Refs 5th c.BC]; ἐκ πλαγίου in flank , [Refs 5th c.BC]; κατὰ πλάγια [5th/4th c.BC]
4. metaph. not straightforward, crooked, treacherous , φρένες [Refs 5th c.BC]; πλάγια φρονεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)