πλάτη

See also: πλατύ

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
  • Hyphenation: πλά‧τη
  • tonic near-homophone: πλατύ (platý)

Etymology 1

Already in Ancient Greek πλάτη (plátē, “flat or broad object; mainly a flat oar”), found in the plural πλάται (plátai, “shoulder-blades”) from the adjective πλατύς (platús, “broad”).[1] Cognate with Irish leithe, Old Church Slavonic плеще (plešte), Hittite [script needed] (paltana).[2]

Noun

πλάτη • (pláti) f (plural πλάτες)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. chairback
Declension
Declension of πλάτη
singular plural
nominative πλάτη (pláti) πλάτες (plátes)
genitive πλάτης (plátis) πλατών (platón)
accusative πλάτη (pláti) πλάτες (plátes)
vocative πλάτη (pláti) πλάτες (plátes)
Derived terms
  • πισώπλατος (pisóplatos)
  • πλαταράς m (platarás, “who has braoad back”)
  • πλατάρια n pl (platária)
  • ωμοπλάτη f (omopláti, “shoulder blade, scapula”)
  • διάπλατος (diáplatos, “wide open”)
  • πλαταίνω (plataíno, “broaden”)
  • πλατεία f (plateía, “town square”)
  • πλατειάζω (plateiázo)
  • πλάτεμα n (plátema)
  • and see: πλατύς (platýs, “broad”) & πλατυ- compounds

Etymology 2

Noun

πλάτη • (pláti) n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of πλάτος (plátos)

References

  1. ^ πλάτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ πλάτη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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