πλίνθος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Beekes, the semantic field of architecture, as well as the presence of the element "-ινθ-", suggest a loan from Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλίνθος • (plínthos) f (genitive πλίνθου); second declension

  1. A brick, whether sun or fire baked
  2. A squared stone for building
  3. An ingot of metal
  4. (architecture) A plinth of a column

Declension

Second declension of ἡ πλῐ́νθος; τῆς πλῐ́νθου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πλῐ́νθος
hē plínthos 		τὼ πλῐ́νθω
tṑ plínthō 		αἱ πλῐ́νθοι
hai plínthoi
Genitive τῆς πλῐ́νθου
tês plínthou 		τοῖν πλῐ́νθοιν
toîn plínthoin 		τῶν πλῐ́νθων
tôn plínthōn
Dative τῇ πλῐ́νθῳ
têi plínthōi 		τοῖν πλῐ́νθοιν
toîn plínthoin 		ταῖς πλῐ́νθοις
taîs plínthois
Accusative τὴν πλῐ́νθον
tḕn plínthon 		τὼ πλῐ́νθω
tṑ plínthō 		τᾱ̀ς πλῐ́νθους
tā̀s plínthous
Vocative πλῐ́νθε
plínthe 		πλῐ́νθω
plínthō 		πλῐ́νθοι
plínthoi
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλίνθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1211

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

πλίνθος • (plínthos) f (plural πλίνθοι)

  1. (architecture) mudbrick
    Synonym: οπτόπλινθος (optóplinthos)
  2. (architecture, by extension) brick
    Synonym: τούβλο (toúvlo)

Declension

Declension of πλίνθος
singular plural
nominative πλίνθος (plínthos) πλίνθοι (plínthoi)
genitive πλίνθου (plínthou) πλίνθων (plínthon)
accusative πλίνθο (plíntho) πλίνθους (plínthous)
vocative πλίνθε (plínthe)
πλίνθο (plíntho) 		πλίνθοι (plínthoi)

See also

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