πλανήτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλᾰνᾱ́τᾱς (planā́tās) — Doric

Etymology

πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pla.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /plaˈni.tis/ → /plaˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pla.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plaˈne̝.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plaˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plaˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plaˈni.tis/

Noun

πλᾰνήτης • (planḗtēs) m (genitive πλᾰνήτου); first declension

1. wanderer, vagabond
2. (astronomy) planet
3. (medicine) a fever that comes in irregular fits

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πλᾰνήτης; τοῦ πλᾰνήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πλᾰνήτης ho planḗtēs	τὼ πλᾰνήτᾱ tṑ planḗtā	οἱ πλᾰνῆται hoi planêtai
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰνήτου toû planḗtou	τοῖν πλᾰνήταιν toîn planḗtain	τῶν πλᾰνητῶν tôn planētôn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰνήτῃ tôi planḗtēi	τοῖν πλᾰνήταιν toîn planḗtain	τοῖς πλᾰνήταις toîs planḗtais
Accusative	τὸν πλᾰνήτην tòn planḗtēn	τὼ πλᾰνήτᾱ tṑ planḗtā	τοὺς πλᾰνήτᾱς toùs planḗtās
Vocative	πλᾰνῆτᾰ planêta	πλᾰνήτᾱ planḗtā	πλᾰνῆται planêtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• πλᾰ́νης (plánēs)
• (planet): πλᾰ́νης ᾰ̓στήρ (plánēs astḗr)

Descendants

• Greek: πλανήτης m (planítis, “planet”)
• Latin: planeta
  • French: planète
  • English: planet
• Russian: плане́та (planéta), плани́да (planída)

References

• “πλανήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4107 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek.

Noun

πλανήτης • (planítis) m (plural πλανήτες)

1. (astronomy) planet

Declension

Declension of πλανήτης

	singular	plural
nominative	πλανήτης •	πλανήτες •
genitive	πλανήτη •	πλανητών •
accusative	πλανήτη •	πλανήτες •
vocative	πλανήτη •	πλανήτες •

See also

• πλάνη f (pláni, “plane, fallacy”)

Further reading

• πλανήτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el