πλάσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō, “to form, mould”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλᾰ́σῐς • (plắsĭs) f (genitive πλᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. a moulding, conformation
  2. (of the voice) training
  3. fiction, invention

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πλᾰ́σῐς; τῆς πλᾰ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πλᾰ́σῐς
hē plắsĭs 		τὼ πλᾰ́σει
tṑ plắsei 		αἱ πλᾰ́σεις
hai plắseis
Genitive τῆς πλᾰ́σεως
tês plắseōs 		τοῖν πλᾰσέοιν
toîn plăséoin 		τῶν πλᾰ́σεων
tôn plắseōn
Dative τῇ πλᾰ́σει
tēî plắsei 		τοῖν πλᾰσέοιν
toîn plăséoin 		ταῖς πλᾰ́σεσῐ / πλᾰ́σεσῐν
taîs plắsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πλᾰ́σῐν
tḕn plắsĭn 		τὼ πλᾰ́σει
tṑ plắsei 		τᾱ̀ς πλᾰ́σεις
tā̀s plắseis
Vocative πλᾰ́σῐ
plắsĭ 		πλᾰ́σει
plắsei 		πλᾰ́σεις
plắseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀνάπλασις (anáplasis)
  • διάπλασις (diáplasis)
  • ἐπίπλασις (epíplasis)
  • κατάπλασις (katáplasis)
  • περίπλασις (períplasis)

Further reading

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