πλαστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλάσσω (plássō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plas.tós/ → /plasˈtos/ → /plasˈtos/

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

Adjective

πλαστός • (plastós) m (feminine πλαστή, neuter πλαστόν); first/second declension

1. formed, moulded in clay or wax
2. fabricated, forged, feigned, counterfeit

Declension

First and second declension of πλᾰστός; πλᾰστή; πλᾰστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πλᾰστός plăstós	πλᾰστή plăstḗ	πλᾰστόν plăstón		πλᾰστώ plăstṓ	πλᾰστᾱ́ plăstā́	πλᾰστώ plăstṓ		πλᾰστοί plăstoí	πλᾰσταί plăstaí	πλᾰστᾰ́ plăstắ
Genitive		πλᾰστοῦ plăstoû	πλᾰστῆς plăstês	πλᾰστοῦ plăstoû		πλᾰστοῖν plăstoîn	πλᾰσταῖν plăstaîn	πλᾰστοῖν plăstoîn		πλᾰστῶν plăstôn	πλᾰστῶν plăstôn	πλᾰστῶν plăstôn
Dative		πλᾰστῷ plăstōî	πλᾰστῇ plăstēî	πλᾰστῷ plăstōî		πλᾰστοῖν plăstoîn	πλᾰσταῖν plăstaîn	πλᾰστοῖν plăstoîn		πλᾰστοῖς plăstoîs	πλᾰσταῖς plăstaîs	πλᾰστοῖς plăstoîs
Accusative		πλᾰστόν plăstón	πλᾰστήν plăstḗn	πλᾰστόν plăstón		πλᾰστώ plăstṓ	πλᾰστᾱ́ plăstā́	πλᾰστώ plăstṓ		πλᾰστούς plăstoús	πλᾰστᾱ́ς plăstā́s	πλᾰστᾰ́ plăstắ
Vocative		πλᾰστέ plăsté	πλᾰστή plăstḗ	πλᾰστόν plăstón		πλᾰστώ plăstṓ	πλᾰστᾱ́ plăstā́	πλᾰστώ plăstṓ		πλᾰστοί plăstoí	πλᾰσταί plăstaí	πλᾰστᾰ́ plăstắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πλᾰστῶς plăstôs				πλᾰστότερος plăstóteros				πλᾰστότᾰτος plăstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄπλαστος (áplastos)
• πλαστικός (plastikós)

Descendants

• → English: -plast
• →⇒ English: plastid
• →⇒ English: -plasty

Further reading

• πλαστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πλαστός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πλαστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4112 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affected idem, page 16.
  • apocryphal idem, page 34.
  • apparent idem, page 34.
  • assumed idem, page 47.
  • bogus idem, page 87.
  • counterfeit idem, page 177.
  • fabricated idem, page 299.
  • false idem, page 304.
  • feigned idem, page 314.
  • fictitious idem, page 317.
  • forged idem, page 337.
  • hypocritical idem, page 412.
  • imaginary idem, page 416.
  • mock idem, page 537.
  • palm off idem, page 590.
  • pretended idem, page 638.
  • put idem, page 660.
  • sham idem, page 761.
  • simulated idem, page 777.
  • spurious idem, page 806.
  • suppositious idem, page 842.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós). By surface analysis, πλάθω (plátho) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plasˈtos/

Adjective

πλαστός • (plastós) m (feminine πλαστή, neuter πλαστό)

1. invented, artificial

   Antonym: άπλαστος (áplastos)

2. false, spurious, fictitious, counterfeit

Declension

Declension of πλαστός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	πλαστός (plastós)	πλαστή (plastí)	πλαστό (plastó)		πλαστοί (plastoí)	πλαστές (plastés)	πλαστά (plastá)
genitive	πλαστού (plastoú)	πλαστής (plastís)	πλαστού (plastoú)		πλαστών (plastón)	πλαστών (plastón)	πλαστών (plastón)
accusative	πλαστό (plastó)	πλαστή (plastí)	πλαστό (plastó)		πλαστούς (plastoús)	πλαστές (plastés)	πλαστά (plastá)
vocative	πλαστέ (plasté)	πλαστή (plastí)	πλαστό (plastó)		πλαστοί (plastoí)	πλαστές (plastés)	πλαστά (plastá)