πλακούντας
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, -οῦντος (plakoûs, -oûntos, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat thing”). Sense 1 and sense 2 are semantic loans from New Latin placenta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]πλακούντας • (plakoúntas) m (plural πλακούντες)
- (medicine) placenta, afterbirth (vascular organ in mammals during gestation)
- Synonym: ύστερο (ýstero)
- Ο πλακούντας αποβάλλεται μετά τον τοκετό.
- O plakoúntas apoválletai metá ton toketó.
- The placenta is expelled after birth.
- (botany) placenta
- a type of pie or pastry
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλακούντας (plakoúntas) | πλακούντες (plakoúntes) |
| genitive | πλακούντα (plakoúnta) | πλακούντων (plakoúnton) |
| accusative | πλακούντα (plakoúnta) | πλακούντες (plakoúntes) |
| vocative | πλακούντα (plakoúnta) | πλακούντες (plakoúntes) |
Derived terms
[edit]- πλακούντιο n (plakoúntio) (diminutive)
Further reading
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πλακούντας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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