πλάστρον

πλάστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō, “to mould, form”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plás.tron/ → /ˈplas.tron/ → /ˈplas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plás.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/

Noun

πλάστρον • (plástron) n (genitive πλάστρου); second declension

1. earring
2. (in the plural) images of gods

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλᾰ́στρον; τοῦ πλᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́στρον tò plástron	τὼ πλᾰ́στρω tṑ plástrō	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́στρᾰ tà plástra
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰ́στρου toû plástrou	τοῖν πλᾰ́στροιν toîn plástroin	τῶν πλᾰ́στρων tôn plástrōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰ́στρῳ tôi plástrōi	τοῖν πλᾰ́στροιν toîn plástroin	τοῖς πλᾰ́στροις toîs plástrois
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́στρον tò plástron	τὼ πλᾰ́στρω tṑ plástrō	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́στρᾰ tà plástra
Vocative	πλᾰ́στρον plástron	πλᾰ́στρω plástrō	πλᾰ́στρᾰ plástra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• πλάστρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλάστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette