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plaga.

stroke/blow/stripe/cut/thrust; wound/gash/scar, injury; misfortune; E:plague; tract/region/quarter/zone/area; open expanse of country/sea/sky; |hunting net, web, trap/snare; curtain; coverlet/counterpane; L:fine (L+S);

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpɫaː.ɡa]Classical-Latin[ˈplaː.ɡa]

  1. plague, misfortune

    declension-1

  2. stroke, blow, cut, strike

    declension-1

  3. wound, gash, injury

    declension-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂géh₂ Proto-Italic *plāgā Latin plāga From Proto-Italic *plāgā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂géh₂, from *pleh₂g-, an extension of *pel- (“to beat, push”). Related to plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Albanian plojë (“slaughter; bloodletting”) and Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “blow, stroke”).

noun[ˈpɫa.ɡa]Classical-Latin[ˈplaː.ɡa]

  1. tract, region, quarter, zone

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *plag-, and cognate with Ancient Greek πλάγος (plágos, “side, flank”), Proto-Germanic *flakaz (“flat, smooth”), though the existence of such a root and its potential relation to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”) raises formal issues.

noun[ˈpɫa.ɡa]Classical-Latin[ˈplaː.ɡa]

  1. a hunting net, web, used to set traps, snares

    declension-1 · feminine · plural · plural-only

  2. a hunting net, web, used to set traps, snares

    declension-1 · feminine · figuratively · plural · plural-only

  3. bedcurtain, curtain

    declension-1 · feminine · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to weave”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō, “braid”).

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