πλάτανος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλατάνιστος (platánistos)
Etymology
Traditionally derived from πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”), or taken to be inherited directly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂enós (“wide, broad”), under the assumption that the tree was named after its broad leaves or flat patches of bark. However, based on the opaque morphology of the oldest attested form πλατάνιστος (platánistos), Beekes rejects this etymology, and in view of the "local botanic" semantic category, derives the word from Pre-Greek. Thus, the resemblance with πλατύς (platús) was shaped later by folk etymology.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plá.ta.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
Noun
πλᾰ́τᾰνος • (plátanos) f (genitive πλᾰτᾰ́νου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πλᾰ́τᾰνος hē plátanos |
τὼ πλᾰτᾰ́νω tṑ platánō |
αἱ πλᾰ́τᾰνοι hai plátanoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλᾰτᾰ́νου tês platánou |
τοῖν πλᾰτᾰ́νοιν toîn platánoin |
τῶν πλᾰτᾰ́νων tôn platánōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλᾰτᾰ́νῳ têi platánōi |
τοῖν πλᾰτᾰ́νοιν toîn platánoin |
ταῖς πλᾰτᾰ́νοις taîs platánois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλᾰ́τᾰνον tḕn plátanon |
τὼ πλᾰτᾰ́νω tṑ platánō |
τᾱ̀ς πλᾰτᾰ́νους tā̀s platánous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλᾰ́τᾰνε plátane |
πλᾰτᾰ́νω platánō |
πλᾰ́τᾰνοι plátanoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πλατάνιον (platánion)
- πλατανίστινος (platanístinos)
- πλατανιστοῦς (platanistoûs)
- πλατανών (platanṓn)
- χᾰμαιπλᾰ́τᾰνος (khamaiplátanos)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλάτανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1204
Further reading
- “πλάτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλάτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πλάτανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πλάτανος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Alternative forms
- πλατάνι n (platáni)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos, “plane tree”), from πλατύς (platús, “broad”)
Noun
πλάτανος • (plátanos) m (plural πλάνατοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλάτανος (plátanos) | πλάτανοι (plátanoi) |
| genitive | πλάτανου (plátanou) πλατάνου (platánou) |
πλάτανων (plátanon) πλατάνων (platánon) |
| accusative | πλάτανο (plátano) | πλάτανους (plátanous) πλατάνους (platánous) |
| vocative | πλάτανε (plátane) | πλάτανοι (plátanoi) |
Second forms are formal.
Further reading
πλάτανος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
