planum
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Etymology edit
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planum
- (astronomy, planetology, planetography, astrogeography, astrogeology) an elevated plain or plateau on a moon or planet
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English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin plānum (“level ground, plain”).
Noun edit
planum (plural plana)
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From plānus (“flat, even, level”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplaː.num/, [ˈpɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.num/, [ˈpläːnum]
Noun edit
plānum n (genitive plānī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | plānum | plāna |
Genitive | plānī | plānōrum |
Dative | plānō | plānīs |
Accusative | plānum | plāna |
Ablative | plānō | plānīs |
Vocative | plānum | plāna |
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References edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plein”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- “planum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- planum 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)
- planum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to demonstrate, make a thing clear: aliquid planum facere (Ad Herenn. 2. 5)
- to demonstrate, make a thing clear: aliquid planum facere (Ad Herenn. 2. 5)