πλοκή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plo.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ploˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ploˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ploˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ploˈci/
Noun
πλοκή • (plokḗ) f (genitive πλοκῆς); first declension
- twining, twisting
- (figuratively) complication of a dramatic plot
Declension
First declension of ἡ πλοκή; τῆς πλοκῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πλοκή hē plokḗ | τὼ πλοκᾱ́ tṑ plokā́ | αἱ πλοκαί hai plokaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πλοκῆς tês plokês | τοῖν πλοκαῖν toîn plokaîn | τῶν πλοκῶν tôn plokôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πλοκῇ têi plokêi | τοῖν πλοκαῖν toîn plokaîn | ταῖς πλοκαῖς taîs plokaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πλοκήν tḕn plokḗn | τὼ πλοκᾱ́ tṑ plokā́ | τᾱ̀ς πλοκᾱ́ς tā̀s plokā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλοκή plokḗ | πλοκᾱ́ plokā́ | πλοκαί plokaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πλοκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλοκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλοκή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πλοκή 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.
- fabric idem, page 299.
- tangle idem, page 855.
- twist idem, page 904.
- weaving idem, page 971.
- web idem, page 971.