βλαστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout”) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blas.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /blasˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βlasˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vlasˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vlasˈtos/
Noun
βλᾰστός • (blastós) m (genitive βλᾰστοῦ); second declension
- (botany) sprout, shoot, bud
- (figuratively) offspring, scion
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βλᾰστός; τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βλᾰστός ho blastós | τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blastṓ | οἱ βλᾰστοί hoi blastoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ toû blastoû | τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blastoîn | τῶν βλᾰστῶν tôn blastôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βλᾰστῷ tôi blastôi | τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blastoîn | τοῖς βλᾰστοῖς toîs blastoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βλᾰστόν tòn blastón | τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blastṓ | τοὺς βλᾰστούς toùs blastoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | βλᾰστέ blasté | βλᾰστώ blastṓ | βλᾰστοί blastoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βλᾰστοδρεπής (blastodrepḗs)
- βλᾰστοκοπέω (blastokopéō)
- βλᾰστολογέω (blastologéō)
- βλᾰστοφῠέω (blastophuéō)
Descendants
- Greek: βλαστός (vlastós)
Further reading
- “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “shoot, embryo”), formed from βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blastánō, “sprout, bud”).
Noun
βλαστός • (vlastós) m (plural βλαστοί)
- shoot, sprout (of plant)
- scion (plant shoot detached during grafting)
- (figuratively) scion (child or descendant)
Declension
declension of βλαστός
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | βλαστός • | βλαστοί • |
genitive | βλαστού • | βλαστών • |
accusative | βλαστό • | βλαστούς • |
vocative | βλαστέ • | βλαστοί • |
Synonyms
- απόγονος m (apógonos)
Related terms
- βλαστάρι n (vlastári)