πληγάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛː.ɡás/ → /pliˈɣas/ → /pliˈɣas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plɛː.ɡás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ple̝ˈɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pliˈɣas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pliˈɣas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈɣas/

Noun

πληγᾰ́ς • (plēgás) f (genitive πληγᾰ́δος); third declension

1. pruning-knife, scythe

   Synonym: δρέπᾰνον (drépanon)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πληγᾰ́ς; τῆς πληγᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πληγᾰ́ς hē plēgás	τὼ πληγᾰ́δε tṑ plēgáde	αἱ πληγᾰ́δες hai plēgádes
Genitive	τῆς πληγᾰ́δος tês plēgádos	τοῖν πληγᾰ́δοιν toîn plēgádoin	τῶν πληγᾰ́δων tôn plēgádōn
Dative	τῇ πληγᾰ́δῐ têi plēgádi	τοῖν πληγᾰ́δοιν toîn plēgádoin	ταῖς πληγᾰ́σῐ / πληγᾰ́σῐν taîs plēgási(n)
Accusative	τὴν πληγᾰ́δᾰ tḕn plēgáda	τὼ πληγᾰ́δε tṑ plēgáde	τᾱ̀ς πληγᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s plēgádas
Vocative	πληγᾰ́ς plēgás	πληγᾰ́δε plēgáde	πληγᾰ́δες plēgádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Plegadis

Further reading

• “πληγάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press