πλάσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.sis/ → /ˈpla.sis/ → /ˈpla.sis/

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

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

• πλαστικός (plastikós)

Related terms

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

Further reading

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