πλέγμα
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