πληγάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πληγᾰ́ς • (plēgắs) f (genitive πληγᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. pruning-knife, scythe
    Synonym: δρέπᾰνον (drépănon)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πληγᾰ́ς; τῆς πληγᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πληγᾰ́ς
hē plēgắs 		τὼ πληγᾰ́δε
tṑ plēgắde 		αἱ πληγᾰ́δες
hai plēgắdes
Genitive τῆς πληγᾰ́δος
tês plēgắdos 		τοῖν πληγᾰ́δοιν
toîn plēgắdoin 		τῶν πληγᾰ́δων
tôn plēgắdōn
Dative τῇ πληγᾰ́δῐ
tēî plēgắdĭ 		τοῖν πληγᾰ́δοιν
toîn plēgắdoin 		ταῖς πληγᾰ́σῐ / πληγᾰ́σῐν
taîs plēgắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πληγᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn plēgắdă 		τὼ πληγᾰ́δε
tṑ plēgắde 		τᾱ̀ς πληγᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s plēgắdăs
Vocative πληγᾰ́ς
plēgắs 		πληγᾰ́δε
plēgắde 		πληγᾰ́δες
plēgắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Plegadis

Further reading

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