παραπλήσιος

A. coming alongside of : hence, coming near, nearly resembling ; of numbers, nearly equal, about as many ; of size, about as large ; of age, about equal ; etc. :

1. abs., Hdt. 4.128, etc. ; τοιαῦτα καὶ π. such and such-like, Th. 1.22 ; τὰς πράξεις ὁμοίας καὶ π. ἀποβαίνειν Isoc.l.c. ; ταὐτόν ἐστι σοφιστὴς καὶ ῥήτωρ, ἢ ἐγγύς τι καὶ παραπλήσιον Pl. Grg. 520a ; ναυσὶ παραπλησίαις τὸν ἀριθμόν Th. 7.70 ; ἱππεῖς π. τὸ πλῆθος X. HG 4.3.15 ; ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς π. ἱππέας Id. Eq.Mag. 8.17.

2. freq. c. dat., ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ παραπλήσιοι ἀλλήλοισι ἐγίνοντο were about equal, of a drawn battle, Hdt. 8.16 ; νῆσοι Λέσβῳ μεγάθεα παραπλήσιαι Id. 1.202 ; ἐσθὴς τῇ Κορινθίῃ παραπλησιωτάτη Id. 5.87 ; π. τούτῳ καὶ ὅμοιον D. 19.196 ; ὅμοῑ ἢ π. τούτοις ib.307 : with dat. of the person for dat. of that which belongs to the person, ἔπαθε παραπλήσια τούτῳ Hdt. 4.78, cf. Plb. 1.14.2, etc. : rarely c. gen., Id. 1.23.6 ; ἦχος συριγμοῦ π. Philum. Ven. 21.1 (in Pl. Sph. 217b the gen. ὧν is due to the attraction).

3. folld. by a relat., τρόπῳ παραπλησίῳ, τῷ καὶ Μασσαγέται Hdt. 4.172 ; by καί, Λυδοὶ νόμοισι π. χρέωνται καὶ Ἕλληνες Id. 1.94, cf. Th. 5.112, 7.71 ; also π. πάσχουσιν ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ . . Isoc. 1.27 : neut. παραπλήσια as Adv., π. ὡς εἰ . . , perinde ac si . . , Hdt. 4.99 : sg., παραπλήσιον καὶ οὐ πολλῷ πλέον about the same distance and not much more, Th. 7.19 ; τὸ π. D.S. 19.43 : more freq. regul. Adv. ‐ίως, Pl. Ap. 37a, al. ; ἆρά γ’ ὁμοίως ἢ π. ; D. 3.27 ; ἀγωνισάμενος π. having fought with nearly equal advantage, Hdt. 1.77 ; π. τοῖς εἰρημένοις πράττοντας Isoc. 5.51, etc. ; π. καὶ . . , Lat. perinde ac . . , Hdt. 7.119 ; π. ἔχει καθάπερ . . Pl. Ep. 321a : Comp. παραπλησιαίτερον Id. Plt. 275c.