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πλέγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλέγμα πλέγματος

Structure: πλεγματ (Stem)

Etym.: ple/kw

Sense

  1. plaited work, wicker-work, wreaths, braids

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πλέγμα πλέγματε πλέγματα
Genitive πλέγματος πλεγμάτοιν πλεγμάτων
Dative πλέγματι πλεγμάτοιν πλέγμασιν*
Accusative πλέγμα πλέγματε πλέγματα
Vocative πλέγμα πλέγματε πλέγματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρὸσ δεσμοὺσ γὰρ καὶ πλέγματα ἡ λύγοσ ἐπιτήδειοσ, εἰπὲ οὖν ἡμῖν τι περὶ τούτων, ζητήσεωσ ἀξίων ὄντων, καὶ μὴ ὀνόματα θήρα, φιλότησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 11 5:1)
  • κἤν τισ ἐρύξῃ] μαλθακὰ λυσιπόνου πλέγματα συζυγίησ, φάρμακον ἀμφοτέροισ ξίφοσ ἔσσεται· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2213)
  • μαλθακὰ μὲν Σαπφοῦσ τὰ φιλήματα, μαλθακὰ γυίων πλέγματα χιονέων, μαλθακὰ πάντα μέλη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2461)
  • καὶ λιθοκολλήτων πλέγματα κεκρυφάλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 276 2:1)
  • ποῖοσ ἄρησ, ἢ τάρβοσ ἀπείριτον, ἠὲ τίσ αἰδὼσ τούσδε διακρίνει, πλέγματα βαλλομένουσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2861)

Synonyms

  1. plaited work

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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