πλάσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō, “to form, mould”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.sis/ → /ˈpla.sis/ → /ˈpla.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plá.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.sis/

Noun

πλᾰ́σῐς • (plásis) f (genitive πλᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. a moulding, conformation
2. (of the voice) training
3. fiction, invention

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πλᾰ́σῐς; τῆς πλᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλᾰ́σῐς hē plásis	τὼ πλᾰ́σει tṑ plásei	αἱ πλᾰ́σεις hai pláseis
Genitive	τῆς πλᾰ́σεως tês pláseōs	τοῖν πλᾰσέοιν toîn plaséoin	τῶν πλᾰ́σεων tôn pláseōn
Dative	τῇ πλᾰ́σει têi plásei	τοῖν πλᾰσέοιν toîn plaséoin	ταῖς πλᾰ́σεσῐ / πλᾰ́σεσῐν taîs plásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πλᾰ́σῐν tḕn plásin	τὼ πλᾰ́σει tṑ plásei	τᾱ̀ς πλᾰ́σεις tā̀s pláseis
Vocative	πλᾰ́σῐ plási	πλᾰ́σει plásei	πλᾰ́σεις pláseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλαστικός (plastikós)

Related terms

• ἀνάπλασις (anáplasis)
• διάπλασις (diáplasis)
• ἐπίπλασις (epíplasis)
• κατάπλασις (katáplasis)
• περίπλασις (períplasis)

Further reading

• “πλάσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλάσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette