πλέγμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, to twist”) + -μα (-ma).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pléŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpleɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
Noun
πλέγμᾰ • (plégmă) n (genitive πλέγμᾰτος); third declension
- anything twined or twisted
- wickerwork
- (in the plural) wreaths, chaplets
- complex, combination of words
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πλέγμᾰ tò plégmă |
τὼ πλέγμᾰτε tṑ plégmăte |
τᾰ̀ πλέγμᾰτᾰ tằ plégmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πλέγμᾰτος toû plégmătos |
τοῖν πλεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn plegmắtoin |
τῶν πλεγμᾰ́των tôn plegmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πλέγμᾰτῐ tōî plégmătĭ |
τοῖν πλεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn plegmắtoin |
τοῖς πλέγμᾰσῐ / πλέγμᾰσῐν toîs plégmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πλέγμᾰ tò plégmă |
τὼ πλέγμᾰτε tṑ plégmăte |
τᾰ̀ πλέγμᾰτᾰ tằ plégmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλέγμᾰ plégmă |
πλέγμᾰτε plégmăte |
πλέγμᾰτᾰ plégmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλεγματεύομαι (plegmateúomai)
- πλεγμάτιον (plegmátion)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλέκω (> DER A. > 4. πλέγμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1206-7
Further reading
- “πλέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλέγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πλέγμα (plégma) with semantic loan from French réseau (“network”) and German Komplex (“complex”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
- Hyphenation: πλέγ‧μα
Noun
πλέγμα • (plégma) n (plural πλέγματα)
- mesh, lattice, network, braid (a structure made of connected strands)
- grid (a rectangular array of squares or rectangles)
- (figurative) network
- (psychoanalysis) synonym of σύμπλεγμα n (sýmplegma, “complex”)
- (anatomy) plexus
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλέγμα (plégma) | πλέγματα (plégmata) |
| genitive | πλέγματος (plégmatos) | πλεγμάτων (plegmáton) |
| accusative | πλέγμα (plégma) | πλέγματα (plégmata) |
| vocative | πλέγμα (plégma) | πλέγματα (plégmata) |
References
- ^ πλέγμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language