Plato

See also: plato, plató, platô, and Plató

English

Etymology

Via Latin, 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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪ.təʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪ.toʊ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ

Proper noun

Plato

  1. Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC, follower of Socrates.
  2. A male given name.
    • 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.

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.toː/, [ˈpɫa.toː]

Proper noun

Platō m (genitive Platōnis); third declension

  1. Plato, a Greek philosopher
    Lectitavisse Platonem studiose.
    To have often read Plato zealously.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Platō
Genitive Platōnis
Dative Platōnī
Accusative Platōnem
Ablative Platōne
Vocative Platō
  • Platōnicī m (Platonists)
  • Platōnicus (Platonic, adjective)
  • Platōnista (Platonist)
  • Platōnica

Descendants

References

  • 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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