planitia

See also: Planitia

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin plānitia.

Noun

planitia (genitive planitiae)

  1. (astronomy, planetology, planetography, astrogeography, astrogeology) A low plain. Used capitalised in names of geological features on other planets

Coordinate terms

English

Etymology

From translingual planitia, from Latin plānitia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pləˈnɪʃə/

Noun

planitia (plural planitias or planitiae)

  1. A low plain.

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

plānitia f (genitive plānitiae); first declension

  1. alternative form of plānitiēs

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative plānitia plānitiae
genitive plānitiae plānitiārum
dative plānitiae plānitiīs
accusative plānitiam plānitiās
ablative plānitiā plānitiīs
vocative plānitia plānitiae

References

  • planitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "planitia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • planitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • planitia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016