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# [[Greek]] [[philosopher]], 427–347 BC, follower of [[Socrates]].
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#* '''1993''' [[w:Nina Bawden|Nina Bawden]], ''The Real Plato Jones'', Houghton Miffin Harcourt, {{ISBN|0395669723}}, page 1:
#* '''1993''' [[w:Nina Bawden|Nina Bawden]], ''The Real Plato Jones'', Houghton Miffin Harcourt, {{ISBN|0395669723}}, page 1:
#*: My name is '''Plato''' Jones. '''Plato''' Constantine Jones. '''Plato''' because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after ''his'' father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.
#*: My name is '''Plato''' Jones. '''Plato''' Constantine Jones. '''Plato''' because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after ''his'' father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.
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## [[Greek]] [[philosopher]], 427–347 BC, follower of [[Socrates]].


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Revision as of 17:52, 10 November 2022

See also: plato, plató, platô, and Plató

English

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Etymology

Via Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”), either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ

Proper noun

Plato

  1. Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1993 Nina Bawden, The Real Plato Jones, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 1:
      My name is Plato Jones. Plato Constantine Jones. Plato because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after his father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Platō m sg (genitive Platōnis); third declension

  1. Plato, a Greek philosopher
    Lēctitāvisse Platōnem studiōsē.
    To have often read Plato zealously.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Platō
Genitive Platōnis
Dative Platōnī
Accusative Platōnem
Ablative Platōne
Vocative Platō

Descendants

  • English: Plato

References

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