platessa

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin platessa.

Noun

platessa f (plural platesse)

  1. plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

Further reading

  • platessa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, broad).

Pronunciation

Noun

platessa f (genitive platessae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) flatfish, plaice

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative platessa platessae
genitive platessae platessārum
dative platessae platessīs
accusative platessam platessās
ablative platessā platessīs
vocative platessa platessae

Descendants

  • Old French: plaiz, pladisse, plaïse
    • French: plie
    • Norman: pliais
    • Irish: plás
    • Middle English: playce (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Dutch: *pladīs (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: platessa
  • Spanish: platija

References

  • platessa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • platessa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.