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 plắgos	τὼ πλᾰ́γεε tṑ plắgee	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́γεᾰ tằ plắgeă
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰ́γεος toû plắgeos	τοῖν πλᾰγέοιν toîn plăgéoin	τῶν πλᾰγέων tôn plăgéōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰ́γεῐ̈ tôi plắgeĭ̈	τοῖν πλᾰγέοιν toîn plăgéoin	τοῖς πλᾰ́γεσῐ / πλᾰ́γεσῐν toîs plắgesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́γος tò plắgos	τὼ πλᾰ́γεε tṑ plắgee	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́γεᾰ tằ plắgeă
Vocative	πλᾰ́γος plắgos	πλᾰ́γεε plắgee	πλᾰ́γεᾰ plắgeă
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