Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλᾰνᾱ́τᾱς ‎(planā́tās) Doric

Noun

πλᾰνήτης • ‎(planḗtēs) m ‎(genitive πλᾰνήτου); first declension

1. wanderer, vagabond
2. (astronomy) planet
3. (medicine) a fever that comes in irregular fits

Inflection

Synonyms

• πλᾰ́νης ‎(plánēs)
• (planet): πλᾰ́νης ᾰ̓στήρ ‎(plánēs astḗr)

Descendants

• Greek: πλανήτης m ‎(planítis, “planet”)
• Latin: planeta
  • French: planète
  • English: planet
• Russian: плане́та ‎(planéta), плани́да ‎(planída)

References

• πλανήτης in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BDAG
• “G4107”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

πλανήτης • ‎(planítis) m ‎(plural πλανήτες)

1. (astronomy) planet

Declension

See also

• πλάνη f ‎(pláni, “plane, fallacy”)

External links

• πλανήτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el