πλάσμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλάσσω (plássō, “to form, mold”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pláz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈplaz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplaz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplaz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplaz.ma/
Noun
πλᾰ́σμᾰ • (plásma) n (genitive πλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension
- something formed, figure, image
- counterfeit, forgery
- formed style in writing or speaking
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πλᾰ́σμᾰ tò plásma |
τὼ πλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ plásmate |
τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà plásmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû plásmatos |
τοῖν πλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn plasmátoin |
τῶν πλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn plasmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi plásmati |
τοῖν πλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn plasmátoin |
τοῖς πλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / πλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs plásmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πλᾰ́σμᾰ tò plásma |
τὼ πλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ plásmate |
τᾰ̀ πλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà plásmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλᾰ́σμᾰ plásma |
πλᾰ́σμᾰτε plásmate |
πλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ plásmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “πλάσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλάσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλάσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4110 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- concoction idem, page 156.
- counterfeit idem, page 177.
- fabrication idem, page 299.
- fiction idem, page 317.
- figment idem, page 319.
- figure idem, page 319.
- forgery idem, page 338.
- invention idem, page 456.
- mould idem, page 543.
- sham idem, page 761.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma).
Noun
πλάσμα • (plásma) n (plural πλάσματα)
- (medicine, physiology) blood plasma
- Το πλάσμα είναι το ρευστό μέρος του αίματος.
- To plásma eínai to refstó méros tou aímatos.
- Plasma is the fluid part of blood.
- (physics) plasma (ionised gaseous phase)
- Πλάσμα συναντάται στον Ήλιο και στους αστέρες.
- Plásma synantátai ston Ílio kai stous astéres.
- Plasma is found in the Sun and the stars.
- creature, animate being
- όλα τα πλάσματα του Θεού
- all God's creatures
- όλα τα πλάσματα του Θεού
- creature (fictional or invented)
- Το πλάσμα αποκαλύφθηκε για να είναι ένα άσχημο, μεγάλο τέρας.
- To plásma apokalýfthike gia na eínai éna áschimo, megálo téras.
- The creature was revealed to be a huge ugly monster.
- (colloquial) A beautiful woman.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλάσμα (plásma) | πλάσματα (plásmata) |
| genitive | πλάσματος (plásmatos) | πλασμάτων (plasmáton) |
| accusative | πλάσμα (plásma) | πλάσματα (plásmata) |
| vocative | πλάσμα (plásma) | πλάσματα (plásmata) |
Further reading
Πλάσμα (Φυσική) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
