Πλειάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Singular of Πλειάδες (Pleiádes).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πλειᾰ́ς • (Pleiắs) f (genitive Πλειᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) one of the Pleiades; a Pleiad
  2. (collective) Pleiades (star cluster)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Πλειᾰ́ς; τῆς Πλειᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Πλειᾰ́ς
hē Pleiắs 		τὼ Πλειᾰ́δε
tṑ Pleiắde 		αἱ Πλειᾰ́δες
hai Pleiắdes
Genitive τῆς Πλειᾰ́δος
tês Pleiắdos 		τοῖν Πλειᾰ́δοιν
toîn Pleiắdoin 		τῶν Πλειᾰ́δων
tôn Pleiắdōn
Dative τῇ Πλειᾰ́δῐ
tēî Pleiắdĭ 		τοῖν Πλειᾰ́δοιν
toîn Pleiắdoin 		ταῖς Πλειᾰ́σῐ / Πλειᾰ́σῐν
taîs Pleiắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν Πλειᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Pleiắdă 		τὼ Πλειᾰ́δε
tṑ Pleiắde 		τᾱ̀ς Πλειᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s Pleiắdăs
Vocative Πλειᾰ́ς
Pleiắs 		Πλειᾰ́δε
Pleiắde 		Πλειᾰ́δες
Pleiắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • English: Pleiad, Pleiades
  • Greek: Πλειάς (Pleiás)
  • Latin: Pleias

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
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