πλέξις

See also: πλῆξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, twine”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plék.sis/ → /ˈplek.sis/ → /ˈplek.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plék.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplek.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplek.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplek.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplek.sis/

Noun

πλέξῐς • (pléxis) f (genitive πλέξεως); third declension

1. plaiting, weaving

   Synonym: πλοκή (plokḗ)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πλέξῐς; τῆς πλέξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλέξῐς hē pléxis	τὼ πλέξει tṑ pléxei	αἱ πλέξεις hai pléxeis
Genitive	τῆς πλέξεως tês pléxeōs	τοῖν πλεξέοιν toîn plexéoin	τῶν πλέξεων tôn pléxeōn
Dative	τῇ πλέξει têi pléxei	τοῖν πλεξέοιν toîn plexéoin	ταῖς πλέξεσῐ / πλέξεσῐν taîs pléxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πλέξῐν tḕn pléxin	τὼ πλέξει tṑ pléxei	τᾱ̀ς πλέξεις tā̀s pléxeis
Vocative	πλέξῐ pléxi	πλέξει pléxei	πλέξεις pléxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλεκτικός (plektikós)

Related terms

• ἔμπλεξις (émplexis)
• σύμπλεξις (súmplexis)

Further reading

• “πλέξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλέξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette