πλάτη
See also: πλατύ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλᾰ́τᾱ (plắtā)
Etymology
From the adjective πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s, “broad”).[1] Cognate with Irish leithe, Old Church Slavonic плеще (plešte), Hittite [script needed] (paltana).[2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plá.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpla.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
Noun
πλάτη • (plátē) f (genitive πλᾰ́της); first declension
- a flat or broad surface:
- an oar blade
- Synonym: σπᾰ́θη (spắthē)
- (loosely) an oar
- a winnowing fan
- (chiefly in the plural) a shoulder blade
- a sheet of papyrus
- an oar blade
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πλᾰ́τη hē plắtē |
τὼ πλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ plắtā |
αἱ πλᾰ́ται hai plắtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλᾰ́της tês plắtēs |
τοῖν πλᾰ́ταιν toîn plắtain |
τῶν πλᾰτῶν tôn plătôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλᾰ́τῃ tēî plắtēi |
τοῖν πλᾰ́ταιν toîn plắtain |
ταῖς πλᾰ́ταις taîs plắtais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλᾰ́την tḕn plắtēn |
τὼ πλᾰ́τᾱ tṑ plắtā |
τᾱ̀ς πλᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s plắtās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλᾰ́τη plắtē |
πλᾰ́τᾱ plắtā |
πλᾰ́ται plắtai | ||||||||||
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References
- ^ πλάτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πλάτη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- “πλάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
- Hyphenation: πλά‧τη
- tonic near-homophone: πλατύ (platý)
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πλάτη (plátē, “flat or broad object; mainly a flat oar”).
Noun
πλάτη • (pláti) f (plural πλάτες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλάτη (pláti) | πλάτες (plátes) |
| genitive | πλάτης (plátis) | πλατών (platón) |
| accusative | πλάτη (pláti) | πλάτες (plátes) |
| vocative | πλάτη (pláti) | πλάτες (plátes) |
Derived terms
- πισώπλατος (pisóplatos)
- πλαταράς m (platarás, “who has braoad back”)
- πλατάρια n pl (platária)
- ωμοπλάτη f (omopláti, “shoulder blade, scapula”)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
πλάτη • (pláti) n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of πλάτος (plátos)