Plato

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See also: plato, plató, platô, and Plató

English

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Etymology

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Via Latin Plato, 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.

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Plato

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 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.
    1. The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

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Proper noun

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Platō m sg (genitive Platōnis); third declension

  1. Plato, a Greek philosopher
    Lēctitāvisse Platōnem studiōsē.
    To have often read Plato zealously.

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Platō
Genitive Platōnis
Dative Platōnī
Accusative Platōnem
Ablative Platōne
Vocative Platō
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Descendants

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  • English: Plato

References

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  • 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.