οῦ (τὸ) :
      1 côte, au plur. ARSTT. H.A. 1, 17, 8 ; en ce sens πλευρά est le mot usuel ;
      2 côté, flanc, d’ord. au plur. IL. 4, 468 ; HDT. 9, 72 ; SOPH. Tr. 833 ; EUR. Hec. 826, etc. ; PLUT. Crass. 25, etc. ; rar. au sg. SOPH. O.C. 1112 ; AR. fr. 421, etc. ; p. anal. côté ou flanc ou aile d’une flotte, SOPH. Aj. 874 ; d’une armée, XÉN. Cyr. 6, 3, 24, etc. ; en parl. d’un pays, Σπάρτη κατὰ τὰ πλευρὰ κειμένη, DS. 14, 82, Sparte située à côté.

Étym. cf. πλευρά.

τό, = πλευρά, rib, in pl., Arist. HA 496b12, al. (usu. πλευραί). twice in Hom., in pl., side, πλευρὰ… οὔτησε ξυστῷ Il. 4.468, cf. 11.437, Hdt. 9.22, 72, A. Fr. 210, S. Tr. 833 (lyr.), E. Or. 223, etc. ; π. δελφάκεια Pherecr. 108.16; also in sg., Diog. Apoll. 6, Pherecr. 45.5, S. OC 1112; π. ὕειον Hermipp. 45; καπριδίου Ar. Fr. 506. of places, π. νεῶν side of the entrenchment where the ships lay, S. Aj. 874; τὸ δεξιὸν π. the right flank (of an army), X. Cyr. 6.3.34, etc.

τό, gew. im plur., seltnere, bes. poet. Nebenform von πλευρά, Seite, Rippen, Il. 4.468, Her. 9.72 ; Aesch. frg. 192 ; Soph. Trach. 833, und im sing., O.C. 1114, vgl. Aj. 861.

1. a rib : mostly in plural the ribs, the side , [Iliad by Homer (8th/7th c.BC), Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC)], etc.;—;also in singular, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]
2. of places, πλευρὸν νεῶν the side of the bay where the ships lay, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]; τὸ δεξιὸν πλ. the right flank (of an army), [Xenophon Historicus (5th/4th c.BC)] (ML)