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|lshtext=<b>plānus</b>: a, um, adj. for placnus; [[root]] plac-; Gr. [[πλακοῦς]]>; cf. 2. [[plaga]], [[planca]],<br /><b>I</b> [[even]], [[level]], [[flat]], [[plane]] ([[class]].; cf. [[aequor]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[facilis]] et [[plana]] via, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis [[globus]], ex planis [[circulus]] aut [[orbis]], Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47: [[planum]] et aequabile [[corpus]] universitatis, id. Univ. 5: [[planus]] et [[aequus]] [[locus]], id. Caecin. 17, 50: [[litus]], Caes. B. G. 4, 23: [[carina]], id. ib. 3, 13: pisces, [[flat]]-[[fish]], Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73: aedificia, quae [[plano]] pede instituuntur, on [[level]] [[ground]], Vitr. 6, 11: [[postquam]] jacuit [[planum]] [[mare]], Juv. 12, 62: planā faciem contundere palmā, [[flat]], id. 13, 128.—Comp.: [[aditus]] planior, Liv. 34, 29.— Sup.: planissimus [[locus]], Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.: plānum, i, n., [[level]] [[ground]], a [[plain]]: aciem in [[planum]] deducit, Sall. J. 49, 6: per [[planum]] [[ire]], Ov. A. A. 2, 243: cadere in [[plano]], id. Tr. 3, 4, 17: in [[planum]] deferre aliquid, Sen. Tranq. 10, 6: [[castra]] in [[plano]] erant, Flor. 4, 12, 59: de [[plano]], on [[level]] [[ground]], Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21: ad planiora, Vulg. Judic. 1, 34.—In partic., jurid. t. t.: e [[plano]] or de [[plano]], on [[level]] [[ground]], [[below]], not on the [[bench]], i. e. [[out]] of [[court]], extrajudicially: aut e [[plano]] aut e quaesitoris tribunali, Suet. Tib. 33: custodiae non [[solum]] pro tribunali, sed et de [[plano]] audiri possunt, Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lowly, [[inconsiderable]], [[humble]] ([[post]]-Aug.): haec [[magnanimitas]] [[melius]] in tribunali, [[quam]] in [[plano]] conspicitur, shows [[better]] in one of [[high]] [[than]] of [[low]] [[station]], Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 3: fortunam suam in [[planum]] deferre, id. Tranq. 10, 6: de [[plano]], [[without]] [[difficulty]], [[easily]] ([[poet]].): hoc [[tibi]] de [[plano]] [[possum]] promittere, Lucr. 1, 411.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Plain, [[clear]], [[distinct]], [[intelligible]] ([[class]].): [[satin']] haec sunt [[tibi]] [[plana]] et certa! Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1: narrationes, Cic. Top. 26, 97: conjectatio, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22: pol [[planum]] id [[quidem]] est, it is [[plain]], [[clear]], [[evident]], Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 32: [[planum]] facere, to [[make]] [[plain]], [[clear]], or [[intelligible]], to [[set]] [[forth]], Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 1, 20, § 52; 2, 5, 64, § 165: [[planum]] facere multis testibus, id. ib. 1, 14, 40: [[planum]] facere [[atque]] probare, Lucr. 2, 932.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Easy, [[free]] from [[danger]]: illam viam vitae, [[quam]] [[ante]] praecipitem et lubricam esse ducebat, huic planae et stabili praeponendam esse, Cic. Flac. 42, 105.—Hence, adv.: plānē, [[plainly]], [[evenly]]; trop., [[simply]], [[clearly]], [[distinctly]], [[intelligibly]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit. ([[class]].): videre, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 64: scribere, id. As. 4, 1, 10: scire, id. Truc. 2, 6, 9: [[plane]] loqui, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 30: [[plane]] et [[dilucide]] loqui, Cic. de Or. 1, 32: [[plane]] et [[perspicue]] expedire aliquid, id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: [[plane]] et Latine loqui, to [[speak]] [[plainly]], [[right]] [[out]], [[without]] [[circumlocution]], id. Phil. 7, 6, 17.—Comp.: quo pacto excludi [[potis]] est planius, [[quam]], etc., Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5: planius dicere (opp. dicere obscurius), Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329: planius [[atque]] apertius dicere, id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43: [[quid]], hoc planius egissem, si, etc., id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: ostendere, Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273.—Sup.: apertissime planissimeque explicare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[wholly]], [[entirely]], [[completely]], [[quite]] ([[class]].), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 55: perdidisti mulierem, id. Ps. 4, 7, 115: illam [[plane]] amo, id. Capt. 3, 4, 6: carere sensu communi, Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: [[quod]] reliquos coheredes convenisti, [[plane]] [[bene]], [[you]] [[have]] acted [[quite]] [[right]], Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2: illud [[plane]] [[moleste]] [[tuli]], [[quod]], etc., id. Fam. 3, 10, 11: non [[plane]] [[par]], Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ex rebus [[penitus]] perspectis, planeque cognitis, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108: [[propemodum]], vel [[plane]] [[potius]], id. Brut. 97, 332: explicari mihi tuum [[consilium]] [[plane]] [[volo]], ut [[penitus]] intellegam, [[thoroughly]], id. Att. 8, 12, 1: planissime perii, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 67: [[plane]] perfecteque [[eruditus]], Cic. Brut. 81, 282: [[plane]] [[atque]] [[omnino]] rem defuisse, id. ib. 59, 214: [[plane]] cum, [[particularly]] as, Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.: et [[plane]] [[quid]] rectum esset [[diutius]] cogitare malui, Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By all [[means]], [[assuredly]]: eo acrius te [[rogo]] ut [[plane]] ad nos advoles, Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., in [[affirmative]] answers, [[certainly]], to be [[sure]], [[exactly]] so (anteclass.): ego et domi [[privatus]] [[sum]] et perii. Ge. Plane [[istuc]] est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam [[argentum]] est [[ultro]] objectum, ut [[sit]], qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides, [[but]] ([[late]] Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.<br /><b>plănus</b>: i, m., = [[πλάνος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[juggler]], [[impostor]], [[cheat]] ([[class]].; cf. [[erro]]): [[ille]] [[planus]] improbissimus, Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto crure [[planum]] attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.
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