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.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

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

  1. Plato

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Πλᾰ́των; τοῦ Πλᾰ́τωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πλᾰ́των
ho Plátōn
Genitive τοῦ Πλᾰ́τωνος
toû Plátōnos
Dative τῷ Πλᾰ́τωνῐ
tôi Plátōni
Accusative τὸν Πλᾰ́τωνᾰ
tòn Plátōna
Vocative Πλᾰ́των
Plátōn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Πλατωνικός (Platōnikós)
  • Πλατωνισμός (Platōnismós)

Descendants

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

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).

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
  Πλάτων
case     \     number singular
nominative Πλάτων •
genitive Πλάτωνος •
accusative Πλάτωνα •
vocative Πλάτων •

Derived terms
  • πλατωνικός (platonikós, “Platonic”, adjective)
  • πλατωνισμός m (platonismós, “Platonism”)

Further reading
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