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

• salpaste, spalaste

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /plaˈtes.sa/, [pɫ̪äˈt̪ɛs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plaˈtes.sa/, [pläˈt̪ɛsːä]

Noun

platessa f (genitive platessae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) flatfish, plaice

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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)
• 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.