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|Definition=[[πλατεῖα]], [[πλατύ]], Ion. fem.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[πλατέα]] Hdt.2.156: acc. pl. fem. [[πλατέας]] ''PMag.Par.''1.1086:—[[wide]], [[broad]], [[τελαμών]] Il.5.796; πτύον 13.588; <b class="b3">αἰπόλια πλατέ' αἰγῶν</b> [[broad]] [[herd]]s, i.e. [[large]] or [[spread]] over a [[wide]] [[space]], 2.474, Od.14.101, Hes.''Th.''445; π. πρόσοδοι Pi.''N.''6.45; ὁδοί X.''Cyr.'' 1.6.43, ''IG''22.380.20; [[τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν πλατεῖαν]] = [[broad]] [[street]], ''SIG''57.27 (Milet., v B.C.); similarly, πλατεῖα ὁδὸς τῶν θεῶν ''PStrassb.''85.22 (ii B.C.) (cf. infr. ''ΙΙ''); κιβώτιον π. ''IG''12.330.20; τάφρος ὡς πλατυτάτη καὶ βαθυτάτη X. ''Cyr.''7.5.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[flat]], [[level]], χῶρος πλατὺς καὶ πολλός Hdt.4.39; πλατυτάτης… γῆς οὔσης Θετταλίας X.''HG''6.1.9; πότερον ἡ γῆ π. ἐστιν ἢ στρογγύλη Pl.''Phd.''97d; [κάρυα τὰ πλατέα], i.e. [[chestnut]]s, Hp.''Vict.''2.55, Diocl.Fr.126, X.''An.''5.4.29; [[σελάχη]], [[ἰχθύες]], Arist.''HA''489b31, ''PA''695b7; ποτήρια πλατέα, τοίχους οὐκ ἔχοντ' Pherecr.143.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of a man, [[broad-shouldered]], οὐ γὰρ οἱ πλατεῖς, οὐδ' εὐρύνωτοι S.''Aj.''1250, cf. ''UPZ''121.19 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of seasons, [[far advanced]], [[ἔαρ]] Procl.ad Hes.''Op.''483.<br><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., πλατὺς [[ὅρκος]] = a [[broad]] [[strong]] [[oath]], Emp.30.3, cf. 115.2; [[κατάγελως]] πλατύς [[flat]] (i.e. [[downright]]) [[mockery]], Ar.''Ach.''1126; <b class="b3">π. φλήναφος</b> Amelius ap.Porph. ''Plot.''17, 18; but πλατὺ γελάσαι, [[καταγελᾶν]], [[laugh]] [[loud]] and [[rudely]], Philostr.''VA''7.39, ''VS''1.20.2; καταχρεμψαμένη πλατύ Ar.''Pax'' 815, cf. Luc.''Cat.''12.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[broad]], of pronunciation, πλατεῖα λέξις Hermog. ''Id.''1.6; [[φωνή]] Poll.2.116; πλατέα λαλοῦσι πάντα οἱ Δωριεῖς Demetr. ''Eloc.''177.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[diffuse]], [[λέξις]] D.H.''Dem.''19. Adv. [[πλατέως]] ibid.: Comp. [[πλατύτερον]] = [[in fuller detail]], διαλεξόμεθα S.E.''P.''2.219, cf. Sor.2.5, Hdn.2.15.6; <b class="b3">πλατυτέρως</b> Tz.ad Lyc.177: Sup. πλατυτάτως Id.''H.''12.890.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Adv. [[πλατέως]] = [[loosely]], opp. [[ἀκριβῶς]], Phld.''Rh.''1.248 S.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[widespread]], [[frequent]], [[χρῆσις]] Choerob.''in Theod.''1.332: Comp., ib.267.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[πλατὺς δρόμος]] = Lat. [[cursus clabularis]], Lyd.''Mag.''3.61.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. [[πλατεῖα]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὁδός]], cf.S.E.''P.''1.188, and v.supr.1.1), ἡ, [[street]], Philem.58, Herod. 6.53, ''OGI''491.9 (Pergam.), [[LXX]] ''Ge.''19.2, D.S.17.52, Str.17.1.10, ''Ev.Matt.''12.19; οἱ ἐν τῇ Σκυτικῇ π. τεχνεῖται ''IGRom.''4.790, cf. 791, al. (Apamea); hence <b class="b3">Σεβαστὴ πλατεῖα</b> name of a [[guild]], ib.3.711 (Sura); ἡ ἱερωτάτη [[πλατεῖα]] ''CIG''3960b6 (Apamea).<br><span class="bld">b</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[χείρ]]) [[flat of the hand]], ταῖσι πλατείαις τυπτόμενος Ar.''Ra.''1096; πλατείᾳ τῇ χειρί Philum.''Ven.'' 5.3.<br><span class="bld">c</span> a kind of [[dish]] or [[cup]], IG11(2).110.22, al. (Delos, iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[broad stripe]] or [[border]], Demetr.''Eloc.''108.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[salt]], [[brackish]], πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασι Hdt.2.108; [[πλατέα]] or <b class="b3">πλατύτερα ὕδατα</b>, Arist.''Mete.''358b4, 358a28 (but πλατὺς [[Ἑλλήσποντος]] Il.7.86, 17.432, is not the [[salt]], but the [[broad]], Hellespont, cf. A. ''Pers.''875 (lyr.), wrongly expld. by Ath.2.41b). (Cf. Skt. pṛthú- 'broad', práthati '[[spread out]]', etc. But in signf. ''III'' cogn. with Skt. paṭu- '[[sharp]]', '[[pungent]]', tripaṭu 'the [[three]] [[saline]] [[substance]]s'.)