Πλειάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Singular of Πλειάδες (Pleiádes).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pleː.ás/ → /pliˈas/ → /pliˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pleː.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pliˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pliˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pliˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈas/

Proper noun

Πλειᾰ́ς • (Pleiás) f (genitive Πλειᾰ́δος); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) one of the Pleiades; a Pleiad
2. (collective) Pleiades (star cluster)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Πλειᾰ́ς; τῆς Πλειᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Πλειᾰ́ς hē Pleiás	τὼ Πλειᾰ́δε tṑ Pleiáde	αἱ Πλειᾰ́δες hai Pleiádes
Genitive	τῆς Πλειᾰ́δος tês Pleiádos	τοῖν Πλειᾰ́δοιν toîn Pleiádoin	τῶν Πλειᾰ́δων tôn Pleiádōn
Dative	τῇ Πλειᾰ́δῐ têi Pleiádi	τοῖν Πλειᾰ́δοιν toîn Pleiádoin	ταῖς Πλειᾰ́σῐ / Πλειᾰ́σῐν taîs Pleiási(n)
Accusative	τὴν Πλειᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Pleiáda	τὼ Πλειᾰ́δε tṑ Pleiáde	τᾱ̀ς Πλειᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Pleiádas
Vocative	Πλειᾰ́ς Pleiás	Πλειᾰ́δε Pleiáde	Πλειᾰ́δες Pleiádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• English: Pleiad, Pleiades
• Greek: Πλειάς (Pleiás)
• Latin: Pleias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022