πληγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλήσσω (plḗssō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Noun

πληγή • (plēgḗ) f (genitive πληγῆς); first declension

1. stroke (from a sword or a pike).

Usage notes

Compare βολή (bolḗ).

Declension

First declension of ἡ πληγή; τῆς πληγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πληγή hē plēgḗ	τὼ πληγᾱ́ tṑ plēgā́	αἱ πληγαί hai plēgaí
Genitive	τῆς πληγῆς tês plēgês	τοῖν πληγαῖν toîn plēgaîn	τῶν πληγῶν tôn plēgôn
Dative	τῇ πληγῇ tēî plēgēî	τοῖν πληγαῖν toîn plēgaîn	ταῖς πληγαῖς taîs plēgaîs
Accusative	τὴν πληγήν tḕn plēgḗn	τὼ πληγᾱ́ tṑ plēgā́	τᾱ̀ς πληγᾱ́ς tā̀s plēgā́s
Vocative	πληγή plēgḗ	πληγᾱ́ plēgā́	πληγαί plēgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πληγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πληγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πληγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πληγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πληγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4127 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.
  • bang idem, page 61.
  • blow idem, page 85.
  • bruise idem, page 101.
  • buffet idem, page 102.
  • clap idem, page 135.
  • cuff idem, page 188.
  • cut idem, page 192.
  • hack idem, page 380.
  • hit idem, page 401.
  • knock idem, page 471.
  • lash idem, page 477.
  • rap idem, page 672.
  • shock idem, page 767.
  • slap idem, page 782.
  • smack idem, page 786.
  • stab idem, page 808.
  • stripe idem, page 826.
  • stroke idem, page 827.
  • tap idem, page 855.
  • thrust idem, page 872.
  • thump idem, page 873.
  • touch idem, page 884.
  • wound idem, page 991.