πλέγμα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πλέκω (plékō, “to plait, to twist”) + -μα (-ma).[1]
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλέκω (> DER A. > 4. πλέγμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1206-7
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]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πλέγμα (plégma) with semantic loan from French réseau (“network”) and German Komplex (“complex”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]πλέγμα • (plégma) n (plural πλέγματα)
- mesh, lattice, network, braid (a structure made of connected strands)
- grid (a rectangular array of squares or rectangles)
- (figurative) network
- (psychoanalysis) Synonym of σύμπλεγμα n (sýmplegma, “complex”).
- (anatomy) plexus
Declension
[edit]Declension of πλέγμα
References
[edit]- ^ πλέγμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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