Πλάτων
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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)”) + -ων (-ōn, suffix nominalizing adjectives, the "Strabon Suffix").
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plá.tɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ton/
Proper noun
Πλᾰ́των • (Plátōn) m (genitive Πλᾰ́τωνος); third declension
Declension
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πλατωνικός (Platōnikós)
- Πλατωνισμός (Platōnismós)
Descendants
- → Aramaic: ܦܠܛܘܢ (/plaṭōn/)
- → Arabic: أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn)
- → Azerbaijani: Əflatun
- → Chagatai: اَفلاطون
- Uzbek: Aflotun
- → Classical Persian: اَفْلَاطُون (aflātūn)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: अफ़लातून (aflātūn)
- Urdu: اَفْلاطُون (aflātūn)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اَفلاطون (Eflatun)
- Turkish: Eflatun
- → Classical Persian: پلاتن (pilātun)
- → Persian: فلاتن (falāton)
- → Arabic: أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn)
- → French: Platon
- → Georgian: პლატონი (ṗlaṭoni)
- → German: Platon
- → Greek: Πλάτων (Pláton), Πλάτωνας (Plátonas)
- → Latin: Plato
- → Old Armenian: Պղատոն (Płaton)
- → Russian: Плато́н (Platón)
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
- “Πλάτων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Alternative forms
- Πλάτωνας m (Plátonas)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Πλάτων • (Pláton) m
- Plato (classical philosopher)
- Synonyms: Πλάτωνας (Plátonas), (formal name) Αριστοκλής (Aristoklís)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Platon
Declension
Πλάτων
Derived terms
- πλατωνικός (platonikós, “Platonic”, adjective)
- πλατωνισμός m (platonismós, “Platonism”)
Further reading
Πλάτων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
