πλάστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō, “to mould, form”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plás.tron/ → /ˈplas.tron/ → /ˈplas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plás.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.tron/

Noun

πλάστρον • (plástron) n (genitive πλάστρου); second declension

1. earring

   Synonyms: ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ (artĭ́ălă), ἐνώτῐον (enṓtĭon)

2. (in the plural) images of gods

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλᾰ́στρον; τοῦ πλᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́στρον tò plắstron	τὼ πλᾰ́στρω tṑ plắstrō	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́στρᾰ tằ plắstră
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰ́στρου toû plắstrou	τοῖν πλᾰ́στροιν toîn plắstroin	τῶν πλᾰ́στρων tôn plắstrōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰ́στρῳ tôi plắstrōi	τοῖν πλᾰ́στροιν toîn plắstroin	τοῖς πλᾰ́στροις toîs plắstrois
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́στρον tò plắstron	τὼ πλᾰ́στρω tṑ plắstrō	τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́στρᾰ tằ plắstră
Vocative	πλᾰ́στρον plắstron	πλᾰ́στρω plắstrō	πλᾰ́στρᾰ plắstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πλάστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλάστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette