πλαίσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No relation with the synonymous πλινθίον (plinthíon), but a direct loan from Lydian 𐤡𐤩𐤠𐤳𐤬 (plašo, “socle”). This word is related to Hittite [script needed] (palzaḫ(ḫ)a-, “pedestal”). Furnée also appropriately adduces πλάτας (plátas, “basis of a tomb”), which is very likely to be Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plǎi̯.si.on/ → /ˈplɛ.si.on/ → /ˈple.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plǎi̯.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛ.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈple.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈple.si.on/

Noun

πλαίσῐον • (plaísion) n (genitive πλαισῐ́ου); second declension

1. oblong case or frame used in moulding bricks and in measuring

   Synonym: πλῐνθῐ́ον (plinthíon)

2. hollow rectangle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πλαίσῐον; τοῦ πλαισῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλαίσῐον tò plaísion	τὼ πλαισῐ́ω tṑ plaisíō	τᾰ̀ πλαίσῐᾰ tà plaísia
Genitive	τοῦ πλαισῐ́ου toû plaisíou	τοῖν πλαισῐ́οιν toîn plaisíoin	τῶν πλαισῐ́ων tôn plaisíōn
Dative	τῷ πλαισῐ́ῳ tôi plaisíōi	τοῖν πλαισῐ́οιν toîn plaisíoin	τοῖς πλαισῐ́οις toîs plaisíois
Accusative	τὸ πλαίσῐον tò plaísion	τὼ πλαισῐ́ω tṑ plaisíō	τᾰ̀ πλαίσῐᾰ tà plaísia
Vocative	πλαίσῐον plaísion	πλαισῐ́ω plaisíō	πλαίσῐᾰ plaísia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλαισῐόω (plaisióō)

Descendants

• Greek: πλαίσιο (plaísio)

Further reading

• “πλαίσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλαίσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλαίσιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1201