- πλάγιος
- πλάγιοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `level, athwart, crooked', τὰ πλάγια `the sides, flanks' (Pi., IA.).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. πλαγιό-καυλος `with side-stalks' (Thphr.; Strömberg Theophrastea 108f.), παρα-πλάγιος `sideways, oblique' (Thphr.).Derivatives: πλαγι-άζω `to turn amiss, sideward, to lead astray' (LXX, Ph., Plu.) with -ασμός m. `lateral direction, aberrance' (Epicur.); -όω `id.' (X.) with -ωσις H. as explanation of λόξωσις. --Besides, either as backformation (after πλάτος a.o.) or as independent verbal noun (cf. bel.), πλάγος n. `side' (Tab. Heracl.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation with ιο-suffix (Schwyzer 466) from a noun `horizontal plain, obliquity' (cf. Lat. plag-a `quarter, region etc.') or from a verb `flatten', which is also assumed in πέλαγος (s. v.); here from Germ. e.g. OHG flah 'flach', OS flaka f. `sole of the foot'; with monosyll. full grade also OWNo. flōki m., OE flōc n. `flounder' (IE *plāg- = *pleh₂g- beside *pelǝg- = *pelh₂g-(?) in πέλαγος). -- WP. 2, 90f., Pok. 832, W.-Hofmann s. plaga w. further forms a. lit. -- Cf. πλάξ, also πλήσσω. - The form cannot be IE, a the short α cannot be explained; so Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 2,547
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.