πλάτη
See also: πλατύ
Greek edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Already in Ancient Greek πλάτη (plátē, “flat or broad object; mainly a flat oar”), found in the plural πλάται (plátai, “shoulder-blades”) from the adjective πλατύς (platús, “broad”).[1] Cognate with Irish leithe, Old Church Slavonic плеще (plešte), Hittite [script needed] (paltana).[2]
Noun edit
πλάτη • (pláti) f (plural πλάτες)
Declension edit
declension of πλάτη
Derived terms edit
- πισώπλατος (pisóplatos)
- πλαταράς m (platarás, “who has braoad back”)
- πλατάρια n pl (platária)
- ωμοπλάτη f (omopláti, “shoulder blade, scapula”)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
πλάτη • (pláti) n
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of πλάτος (plátos).
References edit
- ^ πλάτη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ πλάτη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre