placo

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See also: placò, plaĉo, płaco, and placo-

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  • Rhymes: -at͡so
  • Hyphenation: pla‧co

Noun

placo (accusative singular placon, plural placoj, accusative plural placojn)

  1. public square, town square, plaza

Derived terms

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

placo (plural placi)

  1. public square, plaza

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Hyphenation: plà‧co

Verb

placo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of placare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally uncertain. The relation with Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“wide and flat”) offered by Pokorny is rejected by De Vaan, who suggests Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness or permission”), with only Tocharian relatives. If the laryngeal is h₂, a semantically difficult relationship could be drawn to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”), whence Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”). Related to placeō.

Pronunciation

Verb

plācō (present infinitive plācāre, perfect active plācāvī, supine plācātum); first conjugation

  1. to appease
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.155–156:
      supplicibus verbīs illam plācāte: sub illā
      et fōrma et mōrēs et bona fāma manet.
      Appease her with humble supplications; under her
      abide beauty and character good reputation.
      (See Venus (mythology).)
  2. to placate, pacify, assuage, soothe, calm, quiet
    Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mītigō, compōnō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō
    Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.142–143:
      Sīc ait, et dictō citius tumida aequora plācat,
      collēctāsque fugat nūbēs, sōlemque redūcit.
      Thus says , and quicker than his speech he soothes the swollen waters, routs the gathered clouds, and brings back the sun.
  3. to reconcile

Conjugation

   Conjugation of plācō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plācō plācās plācat plācāmus plācātis plācant
imperfect plācābam plācābās plācābat plācābāmus plācābātis plācābant
future plācābō plācābis plācābit plācābimus plācābitis plācābunt
perfect plācāvī plācāvistī plācāvit plācāvimus plācāvistis plācāvērunt,
plācāvēre
pluperfect plācāveram plācāverās plācāverat plācāverāmus plācāverātis plācāverant
future perfect plācāverō plācāveris plācāverit plācāverimus plācāveritis plācāverint
passive present plācor plācāris,
plācāre 		plācātur plācāmur plācāminī plācantur
imperfect plācābar plācābāris,
plācābāre 		plācābātur plācābāmur plācābāminī plācābantur
future plācābor plācāberis,
plācābere 		plācābitur plācābimur plācābiminī plācābuntur
perfect plācātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect plācātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect plācātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plācem plācēs plācet plācēmus plācētis plācent
imperfect plācārem plācārēs plācāret plācārēmus plācārētis plācārent
perfect plācāverim plācāverīs plācāverit plācāverīmus plācāverītis plācāverint
pluperfect plācāvissem plācāvissēs plācāvisset plācāvissēmus plācāvissētis plācāvissent
passive present plācer plācēris,
plācēre 		plācētur plācēmur plācēminī plācentur
imperfect plācārer plācārēris,
plācārēre 		plācārētur plācārēmur plācārēminī plācārentur
perfect plācātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect plācātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — plācā — — plācāte —
future — plācātō plācātō — plācātōte plācantō
passive present — plācāre — — plācāminī —
future — plācātor plācātor — — plācantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives plācāre plācāvisse plācātūrum esse plācārī plācātum esse plācātum īrī
participles plācāns — plācātūrus — plācātus plācandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
plācandī plācandō plācandum plācandō plācātum plācātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: aplacar
  • → English: placate
  • Italian: placare
  • → Portuguese: placar
  • Romanian: placa
  • → Spanish: placar

References

  • “placo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “placo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • placo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to reconcile two people; to be a mediator: placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem
    • to appease the anger of the gods: deos placare (B. G. 6. 15)
    • (ambiguous) to be in a bad temper: sibi displicere (opp. sibi placere)
  • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Portuguese

Verb

placo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of placar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplako/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: pla‧co

Verb

placo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of placar
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