πλάστιγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πλήστιγξ (plḗstinx) — Ionic

Etymology

The etymological base of the word is not clear. Formally, there is no reason to disconnect the word from πλάσσω (plássō, “to knead, mold”), but this linkage is not evident on the semantic side. The same holds true for the connection with πλατύς (platús, “flat”). In view of the suffix -ιγγ-, it therefore seems better to assume a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plás.tiŋks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tiŋks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tiŋks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tiŋks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tiŋks/

Noun

πλᾰ́στῐγξ • (plástinx) f (genitive πλᾰ́στῐγγος); third declension

scale of a balance
disk poised on the top of the rhabdus, in the game of cottabus
(zoology) valve of an oyster shell
collar for horses
(in the plural) surgical splints

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πλᾰ́στῐγξ; τῆς πλᾰ́στῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλᾰ́στῐγξ hē plástinx	τὼ πλᾰ́στῐγγε tṑ plástinge	αἱ πλᾰ́στῐγγες hai plástinges
Genitive	τῆς πλᾰ́στῐγγος tês plástingos	τοῖν πλᾰστῐ́γγοιν toîn plastíngoin	τῶν πλᾰστῐ́γγων tôn plastíngōn
Dative	τῇ πλᾰ́στῐγγῐ têi plástingi	τοῖν πλᾰστῐ́γγοιν toîn plastíngoin	ταῖς πλᾰ́στῐγξῐ / πλᾰ́στῐγξῐν taîs plástinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πλᾰ́στῐγγᾰ tḕn plástinga	τὼ πλᾰ́στῐγγε tṑ plástinge	τᾱ̀ς πλᾰ́στῐγγᾰς tā̀s plástingas
Vocative	πλᾰ́στῐγξ plástinx	πλᾰ́στῐγγε plástinge	πλᾰ́στῐγγες plástinges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πλαστίγγιον (plastíngion)

“πλάστιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πλάστιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πλάστιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN