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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin plānitia.
Noun
planitia
- (astronomy, planetology, planetography, astrogeography, astrogeology) A low plain. Used capitalised in names of geological features on other planets
Coordinate terms
English
Etymology
From translingual planitia, from Latin plānitia.
Pronunciation
Noun
planitia (plural planitias or planitiae)
- A low plain.
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
plānitia f (genitive plānitiae); first declension
- Alternative form of plānitiēs
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “planitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- planitia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- planitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- planitia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016