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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plo.kɛ̌ː/ → /ploˈci/ → /ploˈci/
Noun
πλοκή • (plokḗ) f (genitive πλοκῆς); first declension
- twining, twisting
- (figuratively) complication of a dramatic plot
Declension
Further reading
- “πλοκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλοκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλοκή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πλοκή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.