Πλάτων

See also: πλατών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide (either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence)”) +‎ -ων (-ōn, suffix nominalizing adjectives, the "Strabon Suffix").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.tɔːn/ → /ˈpla.ton/ → /ˈpla.ton/

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

Proper noun

Πλᾰ́των • (Plátōn) m (genitive Πλᾰ́τωνος); third declension

1. Plato

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Πλᾰ́των; τοῦ Πλᾰ́τωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πλᾰ́των ho Plátōn
Genitive	τοῦ Πλᾰ́τωνος toû Plátōnos
Dative	τῷ Πλᾰ́τωνῐ tôi Plátōni
Accusative	τὸν Πλᾰ́τωνᾰ tòn Plátōna
Vocative	Πλᾰ́των Plátōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πλατωνικός (Platōnikós)
• Πλατωνισμός (Platōnismós)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَفْلَاطُون‎ (ʔaflāṭūn)
  • → Persian: افلاطون‎ (aflâtun)
• → French: Platon
• → Georgian: პლატონი (ṗlaṭoni)
• → German: Platon
• → Greek: Πλάτων (Pláton), Πλάτωνας (Plátonas)
• → Latin: Plato
• → Old Armenian: Պղատոն (Płaton)
• → Russian: Плато́н (Platón)

Further reading

• “Πλάτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πλάτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Πλάτων - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

Greek

Alternative forms

• Πλάτωνας m (Plátonas)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplaton]
• Hyphenation: Πλά‧των

Proper noun

Πλάτων • (Pláton) m

1. Plato (classical philosopher)

   Synonyms: Πλάτωνας (Plátonas), (formal name) Αριστοκλής (Aristoklís)

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Platon

Declension

  Πλάτων

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Πλάτων •
genitive	Πλάτωνος •
accusative	Πλάτωνα •
vocative	Πλάτων •

Derived terms

• πλατωνικός (platonikós, “Platonic”, adjective)
• πλατωνισμός m (platonismós, “Platonism”)

Further reading

• Πλάτων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el