πλάξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pləks, probably from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”), sharing cognates with several Germanic languages through Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), *flakaz (“flat”); more at English flake.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλάξ • (pláx) f (genitive πλᾰκός); third declension

  1. anything flat and broad
    1. esp. flat land, plain, the ocean surface
    2. flat stone, tablet
      1. tombstone, slab (e.g. of marble)
      2. plate
    3. (in the plural) flaps, tail fins (e.g. of crustaceans)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πλᾰ́ξ; τῆς πλᾰκός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πλᾰ́ξ
hē plắx 		τὼ πλᾰ́κε
tṑ plắke 		αἱ πλᾰ́κες
hai plắkes
Genitive τῆς πλᾰκός
tês plăkós 		τοῖν πλᾰκοῖν
toîn plăkoîn 		τῶν πλᾰκῶν
tôn plăkôn
Dative τῇ πλᾰκῐ́
tēî plăkĭ́ 		τοῖν πλᾰκοῖν
toîn plăkoîn 		ταῖς πλᾰξῐ́ / πλᾰξῐ́ν
taîs plăxĭ́(n)
Accusative τὴν πλᾰ́κᾰ
tḕn plắkă 		τὼ πλᾰ́κε
tṑ plắke 		τᾱ̀ς πλᾰ́κᾰς
tā̀s plắkăs
Vocative πλᾰ́ξ
plắx 		πλᾰ́κε
plắke 		πλᾰ́κες
plắkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλάξ, -ακός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1202

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