πλάγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Latin plaga (“region, tract”), Old High German flah (“flat, smooth”), Middle Low German vlake (“hurdle, small grid”), Old Norse flaki (“plank, canopy, shed”). More at flake.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

πλάγος • (plágos) n (genitive πλάγεος); third declension

1. side

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πλᾰ́γος; τοῦ πλᾰ́γεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́γος tò plágos	τὼ πλᾰ́γεε tṑ plágee	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́γεᾰ tà plágea
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰ́γεος toû plágeos	τοῖν πλᾰγέοιν toîn plagéoin	τῶν πλᾰγέων tôn plagéōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰ́γεῐ̈ tôi plágeï	τοῖν πλᾰγέοιν toîn plagéoin	τοῖς πλᾰ́γεσῐ / πλᾰ́γεσῐν toîs plágesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́γος tò plágos	τὼ πλᾰ́γεε tṑ plágee	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́γεᾰ tà plágea
Vocative	πλᾰ́γος plágos	πλᾰ́γεε plágee	πλᾰ́γεᾰ plágea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλάγιος (plágios)

Further reading

• “πλάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers