πλάνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.nos/ → /ˈpla.nos/ → /ˈpla.nos/

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

Adjective

πλάνος • (plános) m or f (neuter πλάνον); second declension

1. leading astray, cheating, deceiving
2. (nominalized, masculine) Synonym of πλάνη (plánē, “wandering, roaming”)
3. (nominalized, masculine) deceiver, impostor

Declension

Second declension of πλᾰ́νος; πλᾰ́νον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πλᾰ́νος plános	πλᾰ́νον plánon		πλᾰ́νω plánō	πλᾰ́νω plánō		πλᾰ́νοι plánoi	πλᾰ́νᾰ plána
Genitive		πλᾰ́νου plánou	πλᾰ́νου plánou		πλᾰ́νοιν plánoin	πλᾰ́νοιν plánoin		πλᾰ́νων plánōn	πλᾰ́νων plánōn
Dative		πλᾰ́νῳ plánōi	πλᾰ́νῳ plánōi		πλᾰ́νοιν plánoin	πλᾰ́νοιν plánoin		πλᾰ́νοις plánois	πλᾰ́νοις plánois
Accusative		πλᾰ́νον plánon	πλᾰ́νον plánon		πλᾰ́νω plánō	πλᾰ́νω plánō		πλᾰ́νους plánous	πλᾰ́νᾰ plána
Vocative		πλᾰ́νε pláne	πλᾰ́νον plánon		πλᾰ́νω plánō	πλᾰ́νω plánō		πλᾰ́νοι plánoi	πλᾰ́νᾰ plána
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πλᾰ́νως plánōs			πλᾰνώτερος planṓteros			πλᾰνώτᾰτος planṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

• 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 6:8:

  διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀτιμίας, διὰ δυσφημίας καὶ εὐφημίας· ὡς πλάνοι, καὶ ἀληθεῖς·

  dià dóxēs kaì atimías, dià dusphēmías kaì euphēmías; hōs plánoi, kaì alētheîs;

  • Translation by KJV

    By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

Derived terms

• ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”)

Descendants

• → Latin: planus (“tramp”)

Further reading

• πλάνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πλάνος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πλάνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4108 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.
  • aberration idem, page 1.
  • abstraction idem, page 4.
  • roaming idem, page 718.
  • roving idem, page 723.
  • wandering idem, page 961.