πλέξις
See also: πλῆξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, twine”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plék.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈplek.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplek.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplek.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplek.sis/
Noun
πλέξῐς • (pléxis) f (genitive πλέξεως); third declension
- plaiting, weaving
- Synonym: πλοκή (plokḗ)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πλέξῐς; τῆς πλέξεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πλέξῐς hē pléxis | τὼ πλέξει tṑ pléxei | αἱ πλέξεις hai pléxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πλέξεως tês pléxeōs | τοῖν πλεξέοιν toîn plexéoin | τῶν πλέξεων tôn pléxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πλέξει têi pléxei | τοῖν πλεξέοιν toîn plexéoin | ταῖς πλέξεσῐ / πλέξεσῐν taîs pléxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πλέξῐν tḕn pléxin | τὼ πλέξει tṑ pléxei | τᾱ̀ς πλέξεις tā̀s pléxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλέξῐ pléxi | πλέξει pléxei | πλέξεις pléxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλεκτικός (plektikós)
Related terms
- ἔμπλεξις (émplexis)
- σύμπλεξις (súmplexis)
Further reading
- “πλέξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλέξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette