πλιχάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλῐγᾰ́ς (pligás), πλῐ́χος (plíkhos)

Etymology

From πλίσσομαι (plíssomai, “to cross the legs”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pli.kʰás/ → /pliˈxas/ → /pliˈxas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pli.kʰás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pliˈkʰas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pliˈxas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pliˈxas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pliˈxas/

Noun

πλῐχᾰ́ς • (plikhás) f (genitive πλῐχᾰ́δος); third declension

1. (anatomy) inside of the thighs, crotch, perineum

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πλῐχᾰ́ς; τῆς πλῐχᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλῐχᾰ́ς hē plikhás	τὼ πλῐχᾰ́δε tṑ plikháde	αἱ πλῐχᾰ́δες hai plikhádes
Genitive	τῆς πλῐχᾰ́δος tês plikhádos	τοῖν πλῐχᾰ́δοιν toîn plikhádoin	τῶν πλῐχᾰ́δων tôn plikhádōn
Dative	τῇ πλῐχᾰ́δῐ têi plikhádi	τοῖν πλῐχᾰ́δοιν toîn plikhádoin	ταῖς πλῐχᾰ́σῐ / πλῐχᾰ́σῐν taîs plikhási(n)
Accusative	τὴν πλῐχᾰ́δᾰ tḕn plikháda	τὼ πλῐχᾰ́δε tṑ plikháde	τᾱ̀ς πλῐχᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s plikhádas
Vocative	πλῐχᾰ́ς plikhás	πλῐχᾰ́δε plikháde	πλῐχᾰ́δες plikhádes
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.

Further reading

• “πλιχάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πλιχάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette