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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plá.ta.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ta.nos/

Noun

πλᾰ́τᾰνος • (plắtănos) f (genitive πλᾰτᾰ́νου); second declension

planetree (Platanus orientalis)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ πλᾰ́τᾰνος; τῆς πλᾰτᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλᾰ́τᾰνος hē plắtănos	τὼ πλᾰτᾰ́νω tṑ plătắnō	αἱ πλᾰ́τᾰνοι hai plắtănoi
Genitive	τῆς πλᾰτᾰ́νου tês plătắnou	τοῖν πλᾰτᾰ́νοιν toîn plătắnoin	τῶν πλᾰτᾰ́νων tôn plătắnōn
Dative	τῇ πλᾰτᾰ́νῳ tēî plătắnōi	τοῖν πλᾰτᾰ́νοιν toîn plătắnoin	ταῖς πλᾰτᾰ́νοις taîs plătắnois
Accusative	τὴν πλᾰ́τᾰνον tḕn plắtănon	τὼ πλᾰτᾰ́νω tṑ plătắnō	τᾱ̀ς πλᾰτᾰ́νους tā̀s plătắnous
Vocative	πλᾰ́τᾰνε plắtăne	πλᾰτᾰ́νω plătắnō	πλᾰ́τᾰνοι plắtănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πλατάνιον (platánion)
πλατανίστινος (platanístinos)
πλατανιστοῦς (platanistoûs)
πλατανών (platanṓn)
χᾰμαιπλᾰ́τᾰνος (khămaiplắtănos)

Descendants

→ Latin: platanus
→ Translingual: Platanus

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

Greek

Alternative forms

πλατάνι n (platáni)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos, “plane tree”), from πλατύς (platús, “broad”)

Noun

πλάτανος • (plátanos) m (plural πλάνατοι)

plane tree

Declension

Declension of **πλάτανος**
	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.

πλάτανος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Noun

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Descendants

References

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