πλέγμα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, to twist”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pléŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpleɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpleɣ.ma/
Noun[edit]
πλέγμᾰ • (plégma) n (genitive πλέγμᾰτος); third declension
- anything twined or twisted
- wickerwork
- (in the plural) wreaths, chaplets
- complex, combination of words
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πλέγμᾰ tò plégma |
τὼ πλέγμᾰτε tṑ plégmate |
τᾰ̀ πλέγμᾰτᾰ tà plégmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πλέγμᾰτος toû plégmatos |
τοῖν πλεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn plegmátoin |
τῶν πλεγμᾰ́των tôn plegmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πλέγμᾰτῐ tôi plégmati |
τοῖν πλεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn plegmátoin |
τοῖς πλέγμᾰσῐ / πλέγμᾰσῐν toîs plégmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πλέγμᾰ tò plégma |
τὼ πλέγμᾰτε tṑ plégmate |
τᾰ̀ πλέγμᾰτᾰ tà plégmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλέγμᾰ plégma |
πλέγμᾰτε plégmate |
πλέγμᾰτᾰ plégmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- πλεγματεύομαι (plegmateúomai)
- πλεγμάτιον (plegmátion)
Further reading[edit]
- “πλέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλέγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πλέγμα (plégma).
Noun[edit]
πλέγμα • (plégma) n (plural πλέγματα)
- network, braid (of any material- artificial: fibre, wire, etc; or natural: nerves, etc)
- (figurative) network
Declension[edit]
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek neuter nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα'