πλάξ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pləks, probably from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat), sharing cognates with several Germanic languages through Proto-Germanic *flaką (something flat); more at English flake.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλάξ (pláxf (genitive πλᾰκός); third declension

  1. anything flat and broad
    1. esp. flat land, plain, the ocean surface
    2. flat stone, tablet
      1. tombstone, slab (e.g. of marble)
      2. plate
    3. (in the plural) flaps, tail fins (e.g. of crustaceans)

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλάξ, -ακός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1202

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