Πλάτων

See also: πλατών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλατύς (platús, broad, wide (either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence)) + -ων (-ōn, suffix nominalizing adjectives, the "Strabon Suffix").

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πλᾰ́των • (Plátōn) m (genitive Πλᾰ́τωνος); third declension

  1. Plato

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

  • Πλατωνικός (Platōnikós)
  • Πλατωνισμός (Platōnismós)

Descendants

  • Arabic: أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn)
  • French: Platon
  • Georgian: პლატონი (ṗlaṭoni)
  • German: Platon
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Latin: Plato
  • Old Armenian: Պղատոն (Płaton)
  • Russian: Плато́н (Platón)

Further reading

  • Πλάτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Πλάτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
  • Πλάτων - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplaton]
  • Hyphenation: Πλά‧των

Proper noun

Πλάτων • (Pláton) m

  1. Plato (classical philosopher)
    Synonyms: Πλάτωνας (Plátonas), (formal name) Αριστοκλής (Aristoklís)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Platon

Declension

Derived terms

  • πλατωνικός (platonikós, Platonic, adjective)
  • πλατωνισμός m (platonismós, Platonism)

Further reading

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