Plato
English
editEtymology
editVia Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”), either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪ.təʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪ.toʊ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ
Proper noun
editPlato
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1993, Nina Bawden, The Real Plato Jones, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 1:
- My name is Plato Jones. Plato Constantine Jones. Plato because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after his father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.
- The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editGreek philosopher
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “Plato”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Plato”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Plato”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Plato”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Plato”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Plato, britannica.com
- Plato, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Plato
- Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Plato and Platonism
Anagrams
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpla.toː/, [ˈpɫ̪ät̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.to/, [ˈpläːt̪o]
Proper noun
editPlatō m sg (genitive Platōnis); third declension
- Plato, a Greek philosopher
- Lēctitāvisse Platōnem studiōsē.
- To have often read Plato zealously.
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Platō |
genitive | Platōnis |
dative | Platōnī |
accusative | Platōnem |
ablative | Platōne |
vocative | Platō |
Related terms
edit- Platōnica
- Platōnicī m (“Platonists”)
- Platōnicus (“Platonic”, adjective)
- Platōnista (“Platonist”)
Descendants
edit- English: Plato
References
edit- “Plato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Plato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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