πλάγιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάγος (plágos, “side”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.ɡi.os/ → /ˈpla.ʝi.os/ → /ˈpla.ʝi.os/

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

Adjective

πλάγῐος • (plágĭos) m (feminine πλᾰγίᾱ, neuter πλάγῐον); first/second declension

1. placed sideways, slanting, aslant

   Synonyms: δοχμός (dokhmós), λέχρῐος (lékhrĭos), λοξός (loxós), ψᾰ́γῐος (psắgĭos)

Inflection

First and second declension of πλᾰ́γῐος; πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ; πλᾰ́γῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πλᾰ́γῐος plắgĭos	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ plăgĭ́ā	πλᾰ́γῐον plắgĭon		πλᾰγῐ́ω plăgĭ́ō	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ plăgĭ́ā	πλᾰγῐ́ω plăgĭ́ō		πλᾰ́γῐοι plắgĭoi	πλᾰ́γῐαι plắgĭai	πλᾰ́γῐᾰ plắgĭă
Genitive		πλᾰγῐ́ου plăgĭ́ou	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱς plăgĭ́ās	πλᾰγῐ́ου plăgĭ́ou		πλᾰγῐ́οιν plăgĭ́oin	πλᾰγῐ́αιν plăgĭ́ain	πλᾰγῐ́οιν plăgĭ́oin		πλᾰγῐ́ων plăgĭ́ōn	πλᾰγῐ́ων plăgĭ́ōn	πλᾰγῐ́ων plăgĭ́ōn
Dative		πλᾰγῐ́ῳ plăgĭ́ōi	πλᾰγῐ́ᾳ plăgĭ́āi	πλᾰγῐ́ῳ plăgĭ́ōi		πλᾰγῐ́οιν plăgĭ́oin	πλᾰγῐ́αιν plăgĭ́ain	πλᾰγῐ́οιν plăgĭ́oin		πλᾰγῐ́οις plăgĭ́ois	πλᾰγῐ́αις plăgĭ́ais	πλᾰγῐ́οις plăgĭ́ois
Accusative		πλᾰ́γῐον plắgĭon	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱν plăgĭ́ān	πλᾰ́γῐον plắgĭon		πλᾰγῐ́ω plăgĭ́ō	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ plăgĭ́ā	πλᾰγῐ́ω plăgĭ́ō		πλᾰγῐ́ους plăgĭ́ous	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱς plăgĭ́ās	πλᾰ́γῐᾰ plắgĭă
Vocative		πλᾰ́γῐε plắgĭe	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ plăgĭ́ā	πλᾰ́γῐον plắgĭon		πλᾰγῐ́ω plăgĭ́ō	πλᾰγῐ́ᾱ plăgĭ́ā	πλᾰγῐ́ω plăgĭ́ō		πλᾰ́γῐοι plắgĭoi	πλᾰ́γῐαι plắgĭai	πλᾰ́γῐᾰ plắgĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πλᾰγῐ́ως plăgĭ́ōs				πλᾰγῐώτερος plăgĭṓteros				πλᾰγῐώτᾰτος plăgĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλᾰγῐᾰ́ζω (plăgĭắzō)
• πλᾰγῐ́αυλος (plăgĭ́aulos)

Descendants

• Greek: πλάγιος (plágios)
• → Vulgar Latin: *plagium
  • → Albanian: pllajë
  • Romanian: plai

Further reading

• “πλάγιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλάγιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλάγιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πλάγιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• πλάγιος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aslant idem, page 44.
  • athwart idem, page 49.
  • crooked idem, page 185.
  • cross idem, page 185.
  • devious idem, page 220.
  • disingenuous idem, page 234.
  • distorted idem, page 242.
  • lateral idem, page 478.
  • oblique idem, page 566.
  • side idem, page 772.
  • sidelong idem, page 773.
  • slanting idem, page 782.
  • tortuous idem, page 884.
  • transverse idem, page 890.
  • warped idem, page 964.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios).

Adjective

πλάγιος • (plágios) m (feminine πλάγια, neuter πλάγιο)

1. oblique, slanting, indirect, roundabout

Declension

Declension of πλάγιος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πλάγιος (plágios)	πλάγια (plágia)	πλάγιο (plágio)		πλάγιοι (plágioi)	πλάγιες (plágies)	πλάγια (plágia)
genitive	πλάγιου (plágiou)	πλάγιας (plágias)	πλάγιου (plágiou)		πλάγιων (plágion)	πλάγιων (plágion)	πλάγιων (plágion)
accusative	πλάγιο (plágio)	πλάγια (plágia)	πλάγιο (plágio)		πλάγιους (plágious)	πλάγιες (plágies)	πλάγια (plágia)
vocative	πλάγιε (plágie)	πλάγια (plágia)	πλάγιο (plágio)		πλάγιοι (plágioi)	πλάγιες (plágies)	πλάγια (plágia)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πλάγιος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πλάγιος, etc.)

Derived terms

• πλάγιοι χαρακτήρες m pl (plágioi charaktíres, “italics, italic characters”)
• πλάγιος άνεμος m (plágios ánemos, “crosswind”)
• πλάγιος λόγος m (plágios lógos, “reported/indirect speech”)
• πλάγιος σταυρός m (plágios stavrós, “saltire, diagonal cross”)

Related terms

• πλάγια (plágia, “inclined, indirectly”, adverb)