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-#ΠΛΕΚΩFrom 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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plé.kɔː/Category:Ancient Greek 2-syllable words#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΠΛΕΚΩ
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈple.ko/Category:Ancient Greek 2-syllable words#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΠΛΕΚΩ
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈple.ko/Category:Ancient Greek 2-syllable words#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΠΛΕΚΩ
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈple.ko/Category:Ancient Greek 2-syllable words#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΠΛΕΚΩ
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈple.ko/Category:Ancient Greek 2-syllable words#ΠΛΕΚΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΠΛΕΚΩ
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
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: πλέκω (pléko)
References
- ↑ 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
- “πλέκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλέκω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλέκω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πλέκω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πλέκω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πλέκω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4120 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- πλέκω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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
- IPA(key): /ˈple.ko/Category:Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΠΛΕΚΩ
- Hyphenation: πλέ‧κω
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)
- to knit, plait, weave
- to tangle, intertwine
- (figuratively) to praise
Conjugation
| Active voice ➤ | Passive voice ➤ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect |
| Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | Present | Dependent |
| 1 sg | πλέκω | πλέξω | πλέκομαι | πλεχτώ |
| 2 sg | πλέκεις | πλέξεις | πλέκεσαι | πλεχτείς |
| 3 sg | πλέκει | πλέξει | πλέκεται | πλεχτεί |
| 1 pl | πλέκουμε, [πλέκομε] | πλέξουμε, [πλέξομε] | πλεκόμαστε | πλεχτούμε |
| 2 pl | πλέκετε | πλέξετε | πλέκεστε, πλεκόσαστε | πλεχτείτε |
| 3 pl | πλέκουν(ε) | πλέξουν(ε) | πλέκονται | πλεχτούν(ε) |
| Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | Imperfect | Simple past |
| 1 sg | έπλεκα | έπλεξα | πλεκόμουν(α) | πλέχτηκα |
| 2 sg | έπλεκες | έπλεξες | πλεκόσουν(α) | πλέχτηκες |
| 3 sg | έπλεκε | έπλεξε | πλεκόταν(ε) | πλέχτηκε |
| 1 pl | πλέκαμε | πλέξαμε | πλεκόμασταν, (πλεκόμαστε) | πλεχτήκαμε |
| 2 pl | πλέκατε | πλέξατε | πλεκόσασταν, (πλεκόσαστε) | πλεχτήκατε |
| 3 pl | έπλεκαν, πλέκαν(ε) | έπλεξαν, πλέξαν(ε) | πλέκονταν, (πλεκόντουσαν) | πλέχτηκαν, πλεχτήκαν(ε) |
| Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | Continuous | Simple |
| 1 sg | θα πλέκω ➤ | θα πλέξω ➤ | θα πλέκομαι ➤ | θα πλεχτώ ➤ |
| 2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα πλέκεις, … | θα πλέξεις, … | θα πλέκεσαι, … | θα πλεχτείς, … |
| Perfect aspect ➤ | Perfect aspect | |||
| Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … πλέξει έχω, έχεις, … πλεγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ |
έχω, έχεις, … πλεχτεί είμαι, είσαι, … πλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ | ||
| Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … πλέξει είχα, είχες, … πλεγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο |
είχα, είχες, … πλεχτεί ήμουν, ήσουν, … πλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο | ||
| Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … πλέξει θα έχω, θα έχεις, … πλεγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο |
θα έχω, θα έχεις, … πλεχτεί θα είμαι, θα είσαι, … πλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο | ||
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect |
| 2 sg | πλέκε | πλέξε, πλέχ' 1 | — | πλέξου |
| 2 pl | πλέκετε | πλέξτε, πλέχτε2 | πλέκεστε | πλεχτείτε |
| Other forms | Active voice | Passive voice | ||
| Present participle➤ | πλέκοντας ➤ | — | ||
| Perfect participle➤ | έχοντας πλέξει ➤ | πλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ | ||
| Nonfinite form➤ | πλέξει | πλεχτεί | ||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
1. Colloquial apocopic perfective imperative + accusative of article & noun weak pronouns e.g. πλέχ' το ("knit it!") 2. Colloquial. • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Coordinate terms
- ανάποδος πόντος m (anápodos póntos, “purl stitch”)
- άπλεκτος πόντος m (áplektos póntos, “the slip stitch”)
- ζέρσεϋ (zérseÿ), ζέρσεϊ n (zérseï, “the stockinette, stockinette stitch”)
- καλός πόντος m (kalós póntos, “knit stitch”)
- ζετέ n (zeté, “the yarn over”)
- άπλεκτος πόντος m (áplektos póntos, “the slip stitch”)
- μπριός n (briós, “brioche knitting”)
- πατρόν n (patrón, “the pattern”)
- στριφογυριστός πόντος m (strifogyristós póntos, “the stitch through the back loop”)
Related terms
- απεμπλέκω (apempléko, “I disengage”)
- άπλεκτος (áplektos, “unknitted”)
- άπλεχτος (áplechtos, “unknitted”)
- αποσυμπλέκτης m (aposympléktis, “clutch”)
- διαπλέκω (diapléko, “interweave”)
- εμπλέκω (empléko, “I entangle”)
- ζευγαροπλεχτός (zevgaroplechtós, “rhymed”)
- καλαθοπλεκτική f (kalathoplektikí, “wickerwork, basketry”)
- μπλέκω (bléko, “I entangle”)
- ξεμπλέκω (xempléko)
- ξέπλεκος (xéplekos)
- ξεπλέκω (xepléko)
- πλεκτάνη f (plektáni)
- πλεκτήριο n (plektírio)
- πλεκτικός (plektikós)
- πλεκτοβιομηχανία f (plektoviomichanía)
- πλεκτομηχανή f (plektomichaní)
- πλεκτός (plektós), πλεχτός (plechtós)
- πλέκτρια f (pléktria)
- συμπλέκτης m (sympléktis, “clutch”)
- συμπλεκτικός (symplektikós)
- συμπλέκω (sympléko)
- συρματόπλεκτος (syrmatóplektos)
- συρματόπλεχτος (syrmatóplechtos)
- δολοπλοκώ (doloplokó)
- πλέξη f (pléxi)
- πλεξιγκλάς n (plexigklás)
- πλεξίδα f (plexída)
- πλέξιμο n (pléximo, “knitting”)
- πολύπλοκος (polýplokos, “complicated, complex”)
- and see: πλοκή f (plokí, “plot”)