πλανήτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλᾰνᾱ́τᾱς (plănā́tās) — Doric

Etymology

πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pla.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /plaˈni.tis/ → /plaˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pla.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plaˈne̝.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plaˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plaˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plaˈni.tis/

Noun

πλᾰνήτης • (plănḗtēs) m (genitive πλᾰνήτου); first declension

1. wanderer, vagabond
2. (astronomy) planet
3. (medicine) a fever that comes in irregular fits

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πλᾰνήτης; τοῦ πλᾰνήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πλᾰνήτης ho plănḗtēs	τὼ πλᾰνήτᾱ tṑ plănḗtā	οἱ πλᾰνῆται hoi plănêtai
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰνήτου toû plănḗtou	τοῖν πλᾰνήταιν toîn plănḗtain	τῶν πλᾰνητῶν tôn plănētôn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰνήτῃ tōî plănḗtēi	τοῖν πλᾰνήταιν toîn plănḗtain	τοῖς πλᾰνήταις toîs plănḗtais
Accusative	τὸν πλᾰνήτην tòn plănḗtēn	τὼ πλᾰνήτᾱ tṑ plănḗtā	τοὺς πλᾰνήτᾱς toùs plănḗtās
Vocative	πλᾰνῆτᾰ plănêtă	πλᾰνήτᾱ plănḗtā	πλᾰνῆται plănêtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• πλᾰ́νης (plắnēs)
• (planet): πλᾰ́νης ᾰ̓στήρ (plắnēs ăstḗr)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Planetes

From an ellipsis of πλᾰνήτης ᾰ̓στήρ (plănḗtēs ăstḗr, “wandering star”)

• Greek: πλανήτης m (planítis, “planet”)
• → Latin: planeta (see there for further descendants)

References

• “πλανήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• G4107 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

πλανήτης • (planítis) m (plural πλανήτες)

1. (astronomy) planet

Declension

Declension of πλανήτης

	singular	plural
nominative	πλανήτης (planítis)	πλανήτες (planítes)
genitive	πλανήτη (planíti)	πλανητών (planitón)
accusative	πλανήτη (planíti)	πλανήτες (planítes)
vocative	πλανήτη (planíti)	πλανήτες (planítes)

See also

• πλάνη f (pláni, “plane, fallacy”)

Further reading

• πλανήτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el