πλάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Latin plaga (“region, tract”), Old High German flah (“flat, smooth”), Middle Low German vlake (“hurdle, small grid”), Old Norse flaki (“plank, canopy, shed”). More at flake.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɣos/
Noun
πλάγος • (plágos) n (genitive πλάγεος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πλᾰ́γος tò plắgos |
τὼ πλᾰ́γεε tṑ plắgee |
τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́γεᾰ tằ plắgeă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πλᾰ́γεος toû plắgeos |
τοῖν πλᾰγέοιν toîn plăgéoin |
τῶν πλᾰγέων tôn plăgéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πλᾰ́γεῐ̈ tōî plắgeĭ̈ |
τοῖν πλᾰγέοιν toîn plăgéoin |
τοῖς πλᾰ́γεσῐ / πλᾰ́γεσῐν toîs plắgesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πλᾰ́γος tò plắgos |
τὼ πλᾰ́γεε tṑ plắgee |
τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́γεᾰ tằ plắgeă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλᾰ́γος plắgos |
πλᾰ́γεε plắgee |
πλᾰ́γεᾰ plắgeă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλάγιος (plágios)
Further reading
- “πλάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers