platanus

See also: Platanus

Latin

platanus (planetree)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nus/, [ˈpɫ̪ät̪änʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nus/, [ˈpläːt̪änus]

Noun

platanus f (genitive platanī); second declension

1. planetree, sycamore
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:

     Iuxtā platanum istam residāmus

     Let's sit next to that planetree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	platanus	platanī
Genitive	platanī	platanōrum
Dative	platanō	platanīs
Accusative	platanum	platanōs
Ablative	platanō	platanīs
Vocative	platane	platanī

Derived terms

• platanīnus

Related terms

• platanon

Descendants

• Albanian: panjë
• Aromanian: paltin
• Catalan: blada, → plàtan
• French: plane, platane
• ⇒ Galician: pradairo
• German: Platane
• Italian: platano
• → Portuguese: plátano
• Romanian: paltin, platan
• → Spanish: plátano
• Translingual: Platanus

References

• “platanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “platanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• platanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “platanus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly