planitia

See also: Planitia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin plānitia.

Noun

planitia

1. (astronomy, planetology, planetography, astrogeography, astrogeology) A low plain. Used capitalised in names of geological features on other planets

Coordinate terms

• lacus
• macula
• mare
• mons
• montes
• oceanus
• planum
• regio
• rupes

 

English

Etymology

From translingual planitia, from Latin plānitia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pləˈnɪʃə/

Noun

planitia (plural planitias or planitiae)

1. A low plain.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /plaːˈni.ti.a/, [pɫ̪äːˈnɪt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plaˈnit.t͡si.a/, [pläˈnit̪ː͡s̪iä]

Noun

plānitia f (genitive plānitiae); first declension

1. Alternative form of plānitiēs

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plānitia	plānitiae
Genitive	plānitiae	plānitiārum
Dative	plānitiae	plānitiīs
Accusative	plānitiam	plānitiās
Ablative	plānitiā	plānitiīs
Vocative	plānitia	plānitiae

References

• “planitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• planitia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• planitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• planitia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016