πλήν — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

πλήνprep. and conjreltd.πέλας prep.setting asidewith the exception of, except forw.gen.someone or sthg.Od.conj., linking wds. or phrs.exceptA.τί οὖν μ᾿ ἄνωγας ἄλλο πλὴν ψευδῆ λέγειν;so what else are you ordering me to do except tell lies?S.παντὶ δῆλον πλὴν ἐμοίclear to everyone except mePl.alsoπλὴν ἤHdt. Ar. Pl. X.followed by another conj.except in a specified caseπλὴν εἰ ἐάν, ὅταν, ὅτιor sim.except ifwhen, that, i.e. unlessA.In a conditional cl., the vb. is sts. omitted, as οὐδεὶς οἶδεν ... πλὴν εἴ τις ἄρ᾿ ὄρνιςnobody knows, except if some birdknowsAr. introducing an independent cl., which adds a qualification to a previous statementexcept that, howeverHdt.πέπεισμαι· πλὴν σμικρόν τί μοι ἐμποδώνI am convinced – only I have a slight difficultyPl.in breaking off and passing to a new subjecthoweverPlb. Plu.alsoπλὴν ἀλλάPlu.

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