πλαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō, “I form, mould”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plas.ti.kós/ → /plas.tiˈkos/ → /plas.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plas.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/

Adjective

πλᾰστῐκός • (plastikós) m (feminine πλᾰστῐκή, neuter πλᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. fit for moulding; plastic
2. (of people) gifted in sculpture

Inflection

First and second declension of πλᾰστῐκός; πλᾰστῐκή; πλᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πλᾰστῐκός plastikós	πλᾰστῐκή plastikḗ	πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón		πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plastikā́	πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ		πλᾰστῐκοί plastikoí	πλᾰστῐκαί plastikaí	πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plastiká
Genitive		πλᾰστῐκοῦ plastikoû	πλᾰστῐκῆς plastikês	πλᾰστῐκοῦ plastikoû		πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn	πλᾰστῐκαῖν plastikaîn	πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn		πλᾰστῐκῶν plastikôn	πλᾰστῐκῶν plastikôn	πλᾰστῐκῶν plastikôn
Dative		πλᾰστῐκῷ plastikôi	πλᾰστῐκῇ plastikêi	πλᾰστῐκῷ plastikôi		πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn	πλᾰστῐκαῖν plastikaîn	πλᾰστῐκοῖν plastikoîn		πλᾰστῐκοῖς plastikoîs	πλᾰστῐκαῖς plastikaîs	πλᾰστῐκοῖς plastikoîs
Accusative		πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón	πλᾰστῐκήν plastikḗn	πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón		πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plastikā́	πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ		πλᾰστῐκούς plastikoús	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ς plastikā́s	πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plastiká
Vocative		πλᾰστῐκέ plastiké	πλᾰστῐκή plastikḗ	πλᾰστῐκόν plastikón		πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plastikā́	πλᾰστῐκώ plastikṓ		πλᾰστῐκοί plastikoí	πλᾰστῐκαί plastikaí	πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plastiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πλᾰστῐκῶς plastikôs				πλᾰστῐκώτερος plastikṓteros				πλᾰστῐκώτᾰτος plastikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀναπλαστικός (anaplastikós)
• γυψεμπλαστικός (gupsemplastikós)
• διαπλαστικός (diaplastikós)
• ἐμπλαστικός (emplastikós)
• μεταπλαστικός (metaplastikós)
• προσπλαστικός (prosplastikós)
• σωματοπλαστικός (sōmatoplastikós)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: plasticus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “πλαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλαστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • plastic idem, page 618.