βλαστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blas.tós/ → /βlasˈtos/ → /vlasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blas.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /blasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βlasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vlasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vlasˈtos/

Noun

βλᾰστός • (blastós) m (genitive βλᾰστοῦ); second declension

1. (botany) sprout, shoot, bud
2. (figuratively) offspring, scion

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βλᾰστός; τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βλᾰστός ho blastós	τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blastṓ	οἱ βλᾰστοί hoi blastoí
Genitive	τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ toû blastoû	τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blastoîn	τῶν βλᾰστῶν tôn blastôn
Dative	τῷ βλᾰστῷ tôi blastôi	τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blastoîn	τοῖς βλᾰστοῖς toîs blastoîs
Accusative	τὸν βλᾰστόν tòn blastón	τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blastṓ	τοὺς βλᾰστούς toùs blastoús
Vocative	βλᾰστέ blasté	βλᾰστώ blastṓ	βλᾰστοί blastoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βλᾰστοδρεπής (blastodrepḗs)
• βλᾰστοκοπέω (blastokopéō)
• βλᾰστολογέω (blastologéō)
• βλᾰστοφῠέω (blastophuéō)

 

Descendants

• Greek: βλαστός (vlastós)
• → English: blasto- (learned)
• →⇒ New Latin: blastula (learned)
  • → English: blastula, blastule
  • → French: blastule

Further reading

• “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “shoot, embryo”), formed from βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blastánō, “sprout, bud”).

Noun

βλαστός • (vlastós) m (plural βλαστοί)

1. shoot, sprout (of plant)
2. scion (plant shoot detached during grafting)
3. (figuratively) scion (child or descendant)

Declension

Declension of βλαστός

	singular	plural
nominative	βλαστός •	βλαστοί •
genitive	βλαστού •	βλαστών •
accusative	βλαστό •	βλαστούς •
vocative	βλαστέ •	βλαστοί •

Synonyms

• απόγονος m (apógonos)

Related terms

• βλαστάρι n (vlastári)