πλάτη

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See also: πλατύ

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
  • Hyphenation: πλά‧τη
  • tonic near-homophone: πλατύ (platý)

Etymology 1

Already in Ancient Greek πλάτη (plátē, “flat or broad object; mainly a flat oar”), found in the plural πλάται (plátai, “shoulder-blades”) from the adjective πλατύς (platús, “broad”).[1] Cognate with Irish leithe, Old Church Slavonic плеще (plešte), Hittite (paltana).[2]

Noun

πλάτη • (pláti) f (plural πλάτες)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. chairback
Declension
Declension of πλάτη
singular plural
nominative πλάτη • πλάτες •
genitive πλάτης • πλατών •
accusative πλάτη • πλάτες •
vocative πλάτη • πλάτες •
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

πλάτη • (pláti) n

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of πλάτος (plátos).

References

  1. ^ πλάτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ πλάτη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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