πλοκή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλέκω (plékō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plo.kɛ̌ː/ → /ploˈci/ → /ploˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plo.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ploˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ploˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ploˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ploˈci/

Noun

πλοκή • (plokḗ) f (genitive πλοκῆς); first declension

1. twining, twisting
2. (figuratively) complication of a dramatic plot

Declension

First declension of ἡ πλοκή; τῆς πλοκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλοκή hē plokḗ	τὼ πλοκᾱ́ tṑ plokā́	αἱ πλοκαί hai plokaí
Genitive	τῆς πλοκῆς tês plokês	τοῖν πλοκαῖν toîn plokaîn	τῶν πλοκῶν tôn plokôn
Dative	τῇ πλοκῇ têi plokêi	τοῖν πλοκαῖν toîn plokaîn	ταῖς πλοκαῖς taîs plokaîs
Accusative	τὴν πλοκήν tḕn plokḗn	τὼ πλοκᾱ́ tṑ plokā́	τᾱ̀ς πλοκᾱ́ς tā̀s plokā́s
Vocative	πλοκή plokḗ	πλοκᾱ́ plokā́	πλοκαί plokaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πλοκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλοκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πλοκή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πλοκή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fabric idem, page 299.
  • tangle idem, page 855.
  • twist idem, page 904.
  • weaving idem, page 971.
  • web idem, page 971.