πλέκω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleḱ-#ΠΛΕΚΩ

From Proto-HellenicCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΠΛΕΚΩ *plékō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΠΛΕΚΩ *pleḱ-. Cognate with Latin plectō (to plait, weave, twist).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

πλέκω (plékō)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek verbs#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Pages with entries#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΠΛΕΚΩ

  1. to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλέκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1206-7

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#ΠΛΕΚΩ πλέκω (plékō), from Proto-HellenicCategory:Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΠΛΕΚΩ *plékō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΠΛΕΚΩ *pleḱ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

πλέκω (pléko)Category:Greek lemmas#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Greek verbs#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Pages with entries#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΠΛΕΚΩ active (past έπλεξα, passive πλέκομαι)

  1. to knit, plait, weave
  2. to tangle, intertwine
  3. (figuratively) to praise

Conjugation

Coordinate terms

From πλεκ/χ-
From πλεξ-, πλοκ-
Category:el:Knitting#ΠΛΕΚΩ
Category:Ancient Greek 2-syllable words Category:Ancient Greek lemmas Category:Ancient Greek links with redundant alt parameters Category:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleḱ- Category:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic Category:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European Category:Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Ancient Greek verbs Category:Greek lemmas Category:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek Category:Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic Category:Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek Category:Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic Category:Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European Category:Greek terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Greek verbs Category:Greek verbs conjugating like 'πλέκω' Category:Pages with 2 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:el:Knitting