πλαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō, “I form, mould”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plas.ti.kós/ → /plas.tiˈkos/ → /plas.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plas.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plas.tiˈkos/

Adjective

πλᾰστῐκός • (plăstĭkós) m (feminine πλᾰστῐκή, neuter πλᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. fit for moulding; plastic
2. (of people) gifted in sculpture

Inflection

First and second declension of πλᾰστῐκός; πλᾰστῐκή; πλᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πλᾰστῐκός plăstĭkós	πλᾰστῐκή plăstĭkḗ	πλᾰστῐκόν plăstĭkón		πλᾰστῐκώ plăstĭkṓ	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plăstĭkā́	πλᾰστῐκώ plăstĭkṓ		πλᾰστῐκοί plăstĭkoí	πλᾰστῐκαί plăstĭkaí	πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plăstĭkắ
Genitive		πλᾰστῐκοῦ plăstĭkoû	πλᾰστῐκῆς plăstĭkês	πλᾰστῐκοῦ plăstĭkoû		πλᾰστῐκοῖν plăstĭkoîn	πλᾰστῐκαῖν plăstĭkaîn	πλᾰστῐκοῖν plăstĭkoîn		πλᾰστῐκῶν plăstĭkôn	πλᾰστῐκῶν plăstĭkôn	πλᾰστῐκῶν plăstĭkôn
Dative		πλᾰστῐκῷ plăstĭkôi	πλᾰστῐκῇ plăstĭkêi	πλᾰστῐκῷ plăstĭkôi		πλᾰστῐκοῖν plăstĭkoîn	πλᾰστῐκαῖν plăstĭkaîn	πλᾰστῐκοῖν plăstĭkoîn		πλᾰστῐκοῖς plăstĭkoîs	πλᾰστῐκαῖς plăstĭkaîs	πλᾰστῐκοῖς plăstĭkoîs
Accusative		πλᾰστῐκόν plăstĭkón	πλᾰστῐκήν plăstĭkḗn	πλᾰστῐκόν plăstĭkón		πλᾰστῐκώ plăstĭkṓ	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plăstĭkā́	πλᾰστῐκώ plăstĭkṓ		πλᾰστῐκούς plăstĭkoús	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ς plăstĭkā́s	πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plăstĭkắ
Vocative		πλᾰστῐκέ plăstĭké	πλᾰστῐκή plăstĭkḗ	πλᾰστῐκόν plăstĭkón		πλᾰστῐκώ plăstĭkṓ	πλᾰστῐκᾱ́ plăstĭkā́	πλᾰστῐκώ plăstĭkṓ		πλᾰστῐκοί plăstĭkoí	πλᾰστῐκαί plăstĭkaí	πλᾰστῐκᾰ́ plăstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πλᾰστῐκῶς plăstĭkôs				πλᾰστῐκώτερος plăstĭkṓteros				πλᾰστῐκώτᾰτος plăstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀναπλαστικός (anaplastikós)
• γυψεμπλαστικός (gupsemplastikós)
• διαπλαστικός (diaplastikós)
• ἐμπλαστικός (emplastikós)
• μεταπλαστικός (metaplastikós)
• πλαστική (plastikḗ)
• προσπλαστικός (prosplastikós)
• σωματοπλαστικός (sōmatoplastikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: plasticus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “πλαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλαστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • plastic idem, page 618.