πλάσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλάσσω (plássō, “to form, mould”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plá.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpla.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpla.sis/
Noun
πλᾰ́σῐς • (plásis) f (genitive πλᾰ́σεως); third declension
- a moulding, conformation
- (of the voice) training
- fiction, invention
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πλᾰ́σῐς; τῆς πλᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πλᾰ́σῐς hē plásis | τὼ πλᾰ́σει tṑ plásei | αἱ πλᾰ́σεις hai pláseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πλᾰ́σεως tês pláseōs | τοῖν πλᾰσέοιν toîn plaséoin | τῶν πλᾰ́σεων tôn pláseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πλᾰ́σει têi plásei | τοῖν πλᾰσέοιν toîn plaséoin | ταῖς πλᾰ́σεσῐ / πλᾰ́σεσῐν taîs plásesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πλᾰ́σῐν tḕn plásin | τὼ πλᾰ́σει tṑ plásei | τᾱ̀ς πλᾰ́σεις tā̀s pláseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλᾰ́σῐ plási | πλᾰ́σει plásei | πλᾰ́σεις pláseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλαστικός (plastikós)
Related terms
- ἀνάπλασις (anáplasis)
- διάπλασις (diáplasis)
- ἐπίπλασις (epíplasis)
- κατάπλασις (katáplasis)
- περίπλασις (períplasis)
Further reading
- πλάσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλάσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette