ἐν + πλήν
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Τὸ δὲ πλῶ ἐκ τοῦ πέλω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ πελάζω καὶ τὸ πέλας, ὡς κέλω κλῶ. παρὰ τὸ πλῶ πλήν καὶ ἔμπλην (σημαίνει τὸ ἐγγύς)· ‘Βοιωτῶν δ{ε}’ ἔμπλην ἐπ’ ἀριστερά’ (Β 526). τὸ δὲ ἁπλοῦν τὸ πλήν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ χωρίς, κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν ἐξηνέχθη
Translation (En)
The verb *plō comes from *pelō "to come near", from which also come pelazō "to approach" and pelas "near", as from kelō, klō. From plō are derived plēn and emplēn (which means "close to") : "next to the Boeotian's (ships) on the left" (‘Boiōtōn d'emplēn ep'aristera’ Il. 2.526). And the simplex plēn, which means "except", was derived by antiphrasis
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Suda, epsilon 1031 (Ἔμπλην: ἐπλησίαζον. ἔστι ῥῆμα πλῶ, τὸ πλησιάζω, παράγωγον πλῆμι, ὁ βʹ ἀόριστος ἔπλην. […] παρὰ δὲ τὸ πλῶ πλήν, καὶ μετὰ τῆς ἐν προθέσεως ἔμπλην, ἐπίρρημα σημαντικὸν τοῦ πλησίον. τὸ δὲ πλήν, τὸ χωρίς, κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν ἐξηνέχθη)
Comment
Ἔμπλην, adverb and preposition, is directly derived from πλήν "except". Because of the semantic difference between πλήν "except" and ἔμπλην "near to, besides", ancient etymologists may have been reluctant to derive the latter directly from the former, and preferred to derive both forms independently from the same verb (see ἔμπλην / ἐν + πελάζω).