πλήν = πλέον as prep. with gen., more than, and so except, save, Od., Hdt.; ὑπεγγύους πλὴν θανάτου liable to any punishment save, short of, death, Hdt.; ἐπιτρέψαι περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν πλὴν θανάτου save in respect of death, Thuc. as adv.: with single words and phrases, when a negat. precedes, οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν Soph., etc.:—after πᾶς, πάντες, ἕκαστος, and the like, παντὶ δῆλον πλὴν ἐμοί Plat.; πᾶς is sometimes omitted, θνήσκουσι πάντες πλὴν εἷς τις Soph.; after ἄλλος, τί ἄλλο πλὴν ψευδῆ what else but lies, Soph.; after a comp., like ἤ, than, ταῦτʼ ἐστὶ κρείσσω, πλὴν ὑπʼ Ἀργείοις πεσεῖν Eur. often joined with other Particles: πλὴν εἰ, πλὴν ἐάν, Lat. nisi si, πλὴν εἴ τις κωμῳδοποιὸς τυγχάνει ὤν Plat.; πλὴν ὅταν Aesch., etc.:—the Verb is often omitted, as with ὡσεί, ὡσπερεί, οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, πλὴν εἴ τις ὄρνις Ar. πλὴν ἤ, much like πλὴν εἰ, οὐκ ἄλλως πλὴν ἢ Προδίκῳ Ar. πλὴν οὐ, only not, ἀπέπεμπε κήρυκας ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, πλὴν οὐ ἐς Ἀθήνας Hdt.; πάντες πλὴν οὐχ οἱ τύραννοι Xen. πλὴν ὅτι except that . . , save that, καίτοι τί διαφέρουσιν ἡμῶν ἐκεῖνοι, πλὴν ὅτι ψηφίσματʼ οὐ γράφουσιν Ar.; so, πλὴν ἢ ὅτι Hdt. πλὴν ὅσον except or save so far as, Hdt.; πλὴν καθόσον εἰ Thuc.: —without a Verb, πάντων ἐρήμους, πλὴν ὅσον τὸ σὸν μέρος save so far as thou art concerned, Soph.