βλαστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō, “to bud, sprout”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blas.tós/ → /βlasˈtos/ → /vlasˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blas.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /blasˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βlasˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vlasˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vlasˈtos/

Noun

βλᾰστός • (blăstós) m (genitive βλᾰστοῦ); second declension

1. (botany) sprout, shoot, bud
2. (figuratively) offspring, scion

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βλᾰστός; τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βλᾰστός ho blăstós	τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blăstṓ	οἱ βλᾰστοί hoi blăstoí
Genitive	τοῦ βλᾰστοῦ toû blăstoû	τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blăstoîn	τῶν βλᾰστῶν tôn blăstôn
Dative	τῷ βλᾰστῷ tōî blăstōî	τοῖν βλᾰστοῖν toîn blăstoîn	τοῖς βλᾰστοῖς toîs blăstoîs
Accusative	τὸν βλᾰστόν tòn blăstón	τὼ βλᾰστώ tṑ blăstṓ	τοὺς βλᾰστούς toùs blăstoús
Vocative	βλᾰστέ blăsté	βλᾰστώ blăstṓ	βλᾰστοί blăstoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βλᾰστοδρεπής (blăstodrepḗs)
• βλᾰστοκοπέω (blăstokopéō)
• βλᾰστολογέω (blăstologéō)
• βλᾰστοφῠέω (blăstophŭéō)

Descendants

• Greek: βλαστός (vlastós)
• → English: blasto- (learned)
• →⇒ New Latin: blastula (learned)
  • → English: blastula, blastule
  • → French: blastule

Further reading

• “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλαστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “shoot, embryo”), formed from βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō, “sprout, bud”).

Noun

βλαστός • (vlastós) m (plural βλαστοί)

1. shoot, sprout (of plant)
2. scion (plant shoot detached during grafting)
3. (figuratively) scion (child or descendant)

Declension

Declension of βλαστός

	singular	plural
nominative	βλαστός (vlastós)	βλαστοί (vlastoí)
genitive	βλαστού (vlastoú)	βλαστών (vlastón)
accusative	βλαστό (vlastó)	βλαστούς (vlastoús)
vocative	βλαστέ (vlasté)	βλαστοί (vlastoí)

Synonyms

• απόγονος m (apógonos)

Related terms

• βλαστάρι n (vlastári)