plautus

See also: Plautus and pļautus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *plautos (whence Oscan 𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌕𐌀𐌃 sg (plavtad, “sole of the foot or of a shoe”, abl.), Umbrian preplotatu, preplohotatu (“cruch, stamp down”, 3sg.ipv.II.)), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-u-tós, from *pleh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯.tus/, [ˈpɫau̯.tʊs]

Adjective

plautus (feminine plauta, neuter plautum); first/second declension

  1. wide, broad
  2. flat, level
  3. broad-shouldered

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative plautus plauta plautum plautī plautae plauta
Genitive plautī plautae plautī plautōrum plautārum plautōrum
Dative plautō plautae plautō plautīs plautīs plautīs
Accusative plautum plautam plautum plautōs plautās plauta
Ablative plautō plautā plautō plautīs plautīs plautīs
Vocative plaute plauta plautum plautī plautae plauta

Derived terms

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “plautus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  • plautus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plautus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • plautus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • plautus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plautus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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