πλάθανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-, with laryngeal aspiration. Beekes claims that it is Pre-Greek, and related to πλάσσω (plássō, to mold, shape).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πλᾰ́θᾰνον • (pláthanon) n (genitive πλᾰθᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. dish or mold in which bread and cakes were baked

Inflection

Derived terms

  • πλαθανίτης (plathanítēs)

Further reading

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