πλαστικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλάσσω (plássō, “I form, mould”) + -τικός (-tikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plas.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
Adjective
πλᾰστῐκός • (plastikós) m (feminine πλᾰστῐκή, neuter πλᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension
- fit for moulding; plastic
- (of people) gifted in sculpture
Inflection
First and second declension of πλᾰστῐκός; πλᾰστῐκή; πλᾰστῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | πλᾰστῐκός plastikós | πλᾰστῐκή plastikḗ | πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón | πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ | πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plastikā́ | πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ | πλᾰστῐκοί plastikoí | πλᾰστῐκαί plastikaí | πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plastiká | |||||
Genitive | πλᾰστῐκοῦ plastikoû | πλᾰστῐκῆς plastikês | πλᾰστῐκοῦ plastikoû | πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn | πλᾰστῐκαῖν plastikaîn | πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn | πλᾰστῐκῶν plastikôn | πλᾰστῐκῶν plastikôn | πλᾰστῐκῶν plastikôn | |||||
Dative | πλᾰστῐκῷ plastikôi | πλᾰστῐκῇ plastikêi | πλᾰστῐκῷ plastikôi | πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn | πλᾰστῐκαῖν plastikaîn | πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn | πλᾰστῐκοῖς plastikoîs | πλᾰστῐκαῖς plastikaîs | πλᾰστῐκοῖς plastikoîs | |||||
Accusative | πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón | πλᾰστῐκήν plastikḗn | πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón | πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ | πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plastikā́ | πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ | πλᾰστῐκούς plastikoús | πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ς plastikā́s | πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plastiká | |||||
Vocative | πλᾰστῐκέ plastiké | πλᾰστῐκή plastikḗ | πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón | πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ | πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plastikā́ | πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ | πλᾰστῐκοί plastikoí | πλᾰστῐκαί plastikaí | πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plastiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πλᾰστῐκῶς plastikôs | πλᾰστῐκώτερος plastikṓteros | πλᾰστῐκώτᾰτος plastikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἀναπλαστικός (anaplastikós)
- γυψεμπλαστικός (gupsemplastikós)
- διαπλαστικός (diaplastikós)
- ἐμπλαστικός (emplastikós)
- μεταπλαστικός (metaplastikós)
- πλαστική (plastikḗ)
- προσπλαστικός (prosplastikós)
- σωματοπλαστικός (sōmatoplastikós)
Descendants
- → Latin: plasticus (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “πλαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλαστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- plastic idem, page 618.