πλυνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλύνω (plúnō, “to wash, clean”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ply.nós/ → /plyˈnos/ → /pliˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ply.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plyˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plyˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plyˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈnos/

Noun

πλῠνός • (plŭnós) m (genitive πλῠνοῦ); second declension

1. trough, tank or pit in which dirty clothes were washed by treading
2. washing tubs, fuller's tubs

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πλῠνός; τοῦ πλῠνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πλῠνός ho plŭnós	τὼ πλῠνώ tṑ plŭnṓ	οἱ πλῠνοί hoi plŭnoí
Genitive	τοῦ πλῠνοῦ toû plŭnoû	τοῖν πλῠνοῖν toîn plŭnoîn	τῶν πλῠνῶν tôn plŭnôn
Dative	τῷ πλῠνῷ tôi plŭnôi	τοῖν πλῠνοῖν toîn plŭnoîn	τοῖς πλῠνοῖς toîs plŭnoîs
Accusative	τὸν πλῠνόν tòn plŭnón	τὼ πλῠνώ tṑ plŭnṓ	τοὺς πλῠνούς toùs plŭnoús
Vocative	πλῠνέ plŭné	πλῠνώ plŭnṓ	πλῠνοί plŭnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλύνιον (plúnion)

References

• “πλυνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλυνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πλυνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette