πλάσσω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πλᾰ́ττω (plắttō)Attic

Etymology

    Possibly from Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō, from earlier *plátʰyō, of uncertain origin. Beekes suspects the root to be Pre-Greek, due to its hypothetical quasi-Indo-European form *pldʰ-ye-ti featuring a combination of a plain stop *p and a voiced aspirate *dʰ, which is phonotactically disallowed in Indo-European. However, he does allow that the Greek term became conflated with Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (flat) during the language's development.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    πλᾰ́σσω • (plắssō)

    1. to form; to mould; to shape; to sculpt
    2. to plaster
    3. (figuratively) to form; to train a skill
    4. to imagine
    5. to put in a certain form
    6. (figuratively) to fabricate; to forge

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • ᾰ̓μφῐπλᾰ́σσω (ămphĭplắssō)
    • ᾰ̓νᾰπλᾰ́σσω (ănăplắssō)
    • ᾰ̓ποπλᾰ́σσομαι (ăpoplắssomai)
    • δῐᾰπλᾰ́σσω (dĭăplắssō)
    • ἐκπλᾰ́σσω (ekplắssō)
    • ἐμπλᾰ́σσω (emplắssō)
    • ἐπῐπλᾰ́σσω (epĭplắssō)
    • ῐ̓πνοπλᾰ́θος (ĭpnoplắthos)
    • κᾰτᾰπλᾰ́σσω (kătăplắssō)
    • κοροπλᾰ́θος (koroplắthos)
    • λογοπλᾰ́θος (logoplắthos)
    • μετᾰπλᾰ́σσω (metăplắssō)
    • πᾰρᾰπλᾰ́σσω (părăplắssō)
    • περῐπλᾰ́σσω (perĭplắssō)
    • πηλοπλᾰ́θος (pēloplắthos)
    • προπλᾰ́σσω (proplắssō)
    • προσπλᾰ́σσω (prosplắssō)
    • σῠμπλᾰ́σσω (sŭmplắssō)
    • ῠ̔ποπλᾰ́σσω (hŭpoplắssō)
    • χῠτροπλᾰ́θος (khŭtroplắthos)

    Descendants

    • Greek: πλάθω (plátho, to create; to form; to shape)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλάσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1203

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