Πλάτων

See also: πλατών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s, “broad; wide”, either because of Plato's robust body, wide forehead, or the breadth of his eloquence) +‎ -ων (-ōn, suffix nominalizing adjectives).

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 • (Plắtōn) m (genitive Πλᾰ́τωνος); third declension

1. Plato

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Πλᾰ́των; τοῦ Πλᾰ́τωνος (Attic)

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

Derived terms

• Πλᾰτωνῐκός (Plătōnĭkós)
• Πλᾰτωνῐσμός (Plătōnĭsmós)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: ܦܠܛܘܢ (/⁠plaṭōn⁠/)
  • → Arabic: أَفْلَاطُون (ʔaflāṭūn)
    • → Azerbaijani: Əflatun
    • → Chagatai: اَفلاطون (ʾflʾṭwn)
      • Uzbek: Aflotun
    • → Classical Persian: اَفْلَاطُون (aflātūn)
      • Iranian Persian: اَفْلاطون (aflâtun)
      • Tajik: Афлотун (Aflotun)
    • → Hindustani:
      • Hindi: अफ़लातून (aflātūn)
      • Urdu: اَفْلاطُون (aflātūn)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: اَفلاطون (Eflatun)
      • Turkish: Eflatun
  • → Classical Persian: پلاتن (pilātun)
    • → Persian: فلاتن (falāton)
• → French: Platon
• → Italian: Platone
• → 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, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Alternative forms

• Πλάτωνας m (Plátonas)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Πλάτων • (Pláton) m

1. Plato (classical philosopher)

   Synonym: Πλάτωνας (Plátonas)

2. a male given name, Platon, equivalent to English Plato

Declension

Declension of Πλάτων

	singular
nominative	Πλάτων (Pláton)
genitive	Πλάτωνος (Plátonos)
accusative	Πλάτωνα (Plátona)
vocative	Πλάτων (Pláton)

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• Πλάτων on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el