platanus

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See also: Platanus

Latin

platanus (planetree)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nus/,

Noun

platanus f (genitive platanī); second declension

planetree, sycamore
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:
  Iuxtā platanum istam residāmus
  Let's sit next to that planetree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	platanus	platanī
Genitive	platanī	platanōrum
Dative	platanō	platanīs
Accusative	platanum	platanōs
Ablative	platanō	platanīs
Vocative	platane	platanī

Derived terms

platanīnus

Related terms

platanon

Descendants

Albanian: panjë
Aromanian: paltin
Catalan: blada, → plàtan
French: plane, platane
⇒ Galician: pradairo
German: Platane
Italian: platano
→ Portuguese: plátano
Romanian: paltin, platan
→ Spanish: plátano
Translingual: Platanus

References

“platanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“platanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
platanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“platanus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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