πλαστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plas.tós/ → /plasˈtos/ → /plasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plas.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plasˈtos/

Adjective

πλαστός • (plastós) m (feminine πλαστή, neuter πλαστόν); first/second declension

1. formed, moulded in clay or wax
2. fabricated, forged, feigned, counterfeit

Declension

First and second declension of πλᾰστός; πλᾰστή; πλᾰστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πλᾰστός plastós	πλᾰστή plastḗ	πλᾰστόν plastón		πλᾰστώ plastṓ	πλᾰστᾱ́ plastā́	πλᾰστώ plastṓ		πλᾰστοί plastoí	πλᾰσταί plastaí	πλᾰστᾰ́ plastá
Genitive		πλᾰστοῦ plastoû	πλᾰστῆς plastês	πλᾰστοῦ plastoû		πλᾰστοῖν plastoîn	πλᾰσταῖν plastaîn	πλᾰστοῖν plastoîn		πλᾰστῶν plastôn	πλᾰστῶν plastôn	πλᾰστῶν plastôn
Dative		πλᾰστῷ plastôi	πλᾰστῇ plastêi	πλᾰστῷ plastôi		πλᾰστοῖν plastoîn	πλᾰσταῖν plastaîn	πλᾰστοῖν plastoîn		πλᾰστοῖς plastoîs	πλᾰσταῖς plastaîs	πλᾰστοῖς plastoîs
Accusative		πλᾰστόν plastón	πλᾰστήν plastḗn	πλᾰστόν plastón		πλᾰστώ plastṓ	πλᾰστᾱ́ plastā́	πλᾰστώ plastṓ		πλᾰστούς plastoús	πλᾰστᾱ́ς plastā́s	πλᾰστᾰ́ plastá
Vocative		πλᾰστέ plasté	πλᾰστή plastḗ	πλᾰστόν plastón		πλᾰστώ plastṓ	πλᾰστᾱ́ plastā́	πλᾰστώ plastṓ		πλᾰστοί plastoí	πλᾰσταί plastaí	πλᾰστᾰ́ plastá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πλᾰστῶς plastôs				πλᾰστότερος plastóteros				πλᾰστότᾰτος plastótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄπλαστος (áplastos)
• πλαστικός (plastikós)

Descendants

• → English: -plast
• →⇒ English: plastid
• →⇒ English: -plasty

Further reading

• πλαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πλαστός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “πλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4112 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affected idem, page 16.
  • apocryphal idem, page 34.
  • apparent idem, page 34.
  • assumed idem, page 47.
  • bogus idem, page 87.
  • counterfeit idem, page 177.
  • fabricated idem, page 299.
  • false idem, page 304.
  • feigned idem, page 314.
  • fictitious idem, page 317.
  • forged idem, page 337.
  • hypocritical idem, page 412.
  • imaginary idem, page 416.
  • mock idem, page 537.
  • palm off idem, page 590.
  • pretended idem, page 638.
  • put idem, page 660.
  • sham idem, page 761.
  • simulated idem, page 777.
  • spurious idem, page 806.
  • suppositious idem, page 842.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós). By surface analysis, πλάθω (plátho) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plasˈtos/

Adjective

πλαστός • (plastós) m (feminine πλαστή, neuter πλαστό)

1. invented, artificial

   Antonym: άπλαστος (áplastos)

2. false, spurious, fictitious, counterfeit

Declension

Declension of πλαστός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πλαστός •	πλαστή •	πλαστό •	πλαστοί •	πλαστές •	πλαστά •
genitive	πλαστού •	πλαστής •	πλαστού •	πλαστών •	πλαστών •	πλαστών •
accusative	πλαστό •	πλαστή •	πλαστό •	πλαστούς •	πλαστές •	πλαστά •
vocative	πλαστέ •	πλαστή •	πλαστό •	πλαστοί •	πλαστές •	πλαστά •