πλαίσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No relation with the synonymous πλινθίον (plinthíon), but a direct loan from Lydian 𐤡𐤩𐤠𐤳𐤬 (plašo, “socle”). This word is related to Hittite [script needed] (palzaḫ(ḫ)a-, “pedestal”). Furnée also appropriately adduces πλάτας (plátas, “basis of a tomb”), which is very likely to be Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plǎi̯.si.on/ → /ˈplɛ.si.on/ → /ˈple.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plǎi̯.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈple.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈple.si.on/

Noun

πλαίσῐον • (plaísĭon) n (genitive πλαισῐ́ου); second declension

1. oblong case or frame used in moulding bricks and in measuring

   Synonym: πλῐνθῐ́ον (plĭnthĭ́on)

2. hollow rectangle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλαίσῐον; τοῦ πλαισῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλαίσῐον tò plaísĭon	τὼ πλαισῐ́ω tṑ plaisĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πλαίσῐᾰ tằ plaísĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πλαισῐ́ου toû plaisĭ́ou	τοῖν πλαισῐ́οιν toîn plaisĭ́oin	τῶν πλαισῐ́ων tôn plaisĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πλαισῐ́ῳ tôi plaisĭ́ōi	τοῖν πλαισῐ́οιν toîn plaisĭ́oin	τοῖς πλαισῐ́οις toîs plaisĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πλαίσῐον tò plaísĭon	τὼ πλαισῐ́ω tṑ plaisĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πλαίσῐᾰ tằ plaísĭă
Vocative	πλαίσῐον plaísĭon	πλαισῐ́ω plaisĭ́ō	πλαίσῐᾰ plaísĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλαισῐόω (plaisĭóō)

Descendants

• Greek: πλαίσιο (plaísio)

Further reading

• “πλαίσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλαίσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλαίσιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1201