πληθυσμός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πληθύνω (plēthúnō, “I increase”) + -σμός (-smós, action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plɛː.tʰyz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ple̝.tʰyzˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pli.θyzˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pli.θyzˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pli.θizˈmos/
Noun
πληθῠσμός • (plēthusmós) m (genitive πληθῠσμοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πληθῠσμός ho plēthusmós |
τὼ πληθῠσμώ tṑ plēthusmṓ |
οἱ πληθῠσμοί hoi plēthusmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πληθῠσμοῦ toû plēthusmoû |
τοῖν πληθῠσμοῖν toîn plēthusmoîn |
τῶν πληθῠσμῶν tôn plēthusmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πληθῠσμῷ tôi plēthusmôi |
τοῖν πληθῠσμοῖν toîn plēthusmoîn |
τοῖς πληθῠσμοῖς toîs plēthusmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πληθῠσμόν tòn plēthusmón |
τὼ πληθῠσμώ tṑ plēthusmṓ |
τοὺς πληθῠσμούς toùs plēthusmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πληθῠσμέ plēthusmé |
πληθῠσμώ plēthusmṓ |
πληθῠσμοί plēthusmoí | ||||||||||
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References
- “πληθυσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πληθυσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Pronunciation
Noun
πληθυσμός • (plithysmós) m (plural πληθυσμοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πληθυσμός (plithysmós) | πληθυσμοί (plithysmoí) |
| genitive | πληθυσμού (plithysmoú) | πληθυσμών (plithysmón) |
| accusative | πληθυσμό (plithysmó) | πληθυσμούς (plithysmoús) |
| vocative | πληθυσμέ (plithysmé) | πληθυσμοί (plithysmoí) |
Related terms
- πληθυσμιακός (plithysmiakós, “referring to population”)
Further reading
πληθυσμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
