Πλειάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Singular of Πλειάδες (Pleiádes).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πλειᾰ́ς • (Pleiás) f (genitive Πλειᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) one of the Pleiades; a Pleiad
  2. (collective) Pleiades (star cluster)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Πλειᾰ́ς; τῆς Πλειᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Πλειᾰ́ς
hē Pleiás		 τὼ Πλειᾰ́δε
tṑ Pleiáde		 αἱ Πλειᾰ́δες
hai Pleiádes
Genitive τῆς Πλειᾰ́δος
tês Pleiádos		 τοῖν Πλειᾰ́δοιν
toîn Pleiádoin		 τῶν Πλειᾰ́δων
tôn Pleiádōn
Dative τῇ Πλειᾰ́δῐ
têi Pleiádi		 τοῖν Πλειᾰ́δοιν
toîn Pleiádoin		 ταῖς Πλειᾰ́σῐ / Πλειᾰ́σῐν
taîs Pleiási(n)
Accusative τὴν Πλειᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn Pleiáda		 τὼ Πλειᾰ́δε
tṑ Pleiáde		 τᾱ̀ς Πλειᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s Pleiádas
Vocative Πλειᾰ́ς
Pleiás		 Πλειᾰ́δε
Pleiáde		 Πλειᾰ́δες
Pleiádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • English: Pleiad, Pleiades
  • Greek: Πλειάς (Pleiás)
  • Latin: Pleias

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
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