πλόκανον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλόχανον (plókhanon)

Etymology

From πλέκω (plékō, “to intertwine, weave”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pló.ka.non/ → /ˈplo.ka.non/ → /ˈplo.ka.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pló.ka.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.non/

Noun

πλόκᾰνον • (plókanon) n (genitive πλοκᾰ́νου); second declension

1. plaited work, basket work
2. wicker fan for winnowing
3. plaited rope
4. sieve, strainer

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλόκἀνον; τοῦ πλοκἄνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλόκἀνον tò plókanon	τὼ πλοκἄνω tṑ plokánō	τᾰ̀ πλόκἀνᾰ tà plókana
Genitive	τοῦ πλοκἄνου toû plokánou	τοῖν πλοκἄνοιν toîn plokánoin	τῶν πλοκἄνων tôn plokánōn
Dative	τῷ πλοκἄνῳ tôi plokánōi	τοῖν πλοκἄνοιν toîn plokánoin	τοῖς πλοκἄνοις toîs plokánois
Accusative	τὸ πλόκἀνον tò plókanon	τὼ πλοκἄνω tṑ plokánō	τᾰ̀ πλόκἀνᾰ tà plókana
Vocative	πλόκἀνον plókanon	πλοκἄνω plokánō	πλόκἀνᾰ plókana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πλόκανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλόκανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλόκανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette