βλαστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō, “to bud, sprout”) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blas.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /blasˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βlasˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vlasˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vlasˈtos/
Noun
βλᾰστός • (blăstós) m (genitive βλᾰστοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βλᾰστός ho blăstós |
τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blăstṓ |
οἱ βλᾰστοί hoi blăstoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ toû blăstoû |
τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blăstoîn |
τῶν βλᾰστῶν tôn blăstôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βλᾰστῷ tōî blăstōî |
τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blăstoîn |
τοῖς βλᾰστοῖς toîs blăstoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βλᾰστόν tòn blăstón |
τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blăstṓ |
τοὺς βλᾰστούς toùs blăstoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βλᾰστέ blăsté |
βλᾰστώ blăstṓ |
βλᾰστοί blăstoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βλᾰστοδρεπής (blăstodrepḗs)
- βλᾰστοκοπέω (blăstokopéō)
- βλᾰστολογέω (blăstologéō)
- βλᾰστοφῠέω (blăstophŭéō)
Descendants
Further reading
- “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “shoot, embryo”), formed from βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō, “sprout, bud”).
Noun
βλαστός • (vlastós) m (plural βλαστοί)
- shoot, sprout (of plant)
- scion (plant shoot detached during grafting)
- (figuratively) scion (child or descendant)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βλαστός (vlastós) | βλαστοί (vlastoí) |
| genitive | βλαστού (vlastoú) | βλαστών (vlastón) |
| accusative | βλαστό (vlastó) | βλαστούς (vlastoús) |
| vocative | βλαστέ (vlasté) | βλαστοί (vlastoí) |
Synonyms
- απόγονος m (apógonos)
Related terms
- βλαστάρι n (vlastári)