πλατικός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, (πλάτος)

   A of or in latitude, θέσεις, ἀπόστασις, Procl. Hyp.5.6,8.    II metaph., broad, general, π. θεωρία, opp. μοιρική, Vett.Val.112.25; π. καὶ καθολικὴ θ. Id.289.15, cf. 243.3.    2 of meanings of words, broad, wide, or involving breadth, ὁ κοινὸς καὶ π. τόπος in the broad sense, Simp.in Ph.637.24; τὸ νῦν, οὐ τὸ π. ἀλλὰ τὸ ἄτομον Id.in Cael.579.16; π. ἐστιν ὁ ἐνεστώς· οἱονεὶ γὰρ πλάτος ὑπεμφαίνει ὡς πρὸς τὸν . . ἀκαριαῖον λεγόμενον χρόνον Choerob.in Theod. 2.12 H. Adv. -κῶς broadly speaking, Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat.18, Vett. Val.274.34, Simp.in Cat.426.23, Phlp.in Cat.46.19.    3 π. ἐξήγησις detailed exegesis, Ammon. in Porph.60.6; -κωτέραν τὴν ἴασιν εὑρήσεις ἐν . . Paul.Aeg.2.25. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, ἐξηγούμενος, opp. κεφαλαιωδῶς, Id.6.53, cf. Eust. ad D.P.Proll.p.71 B. (πλατυκ- is read in Eust. l.c., and as v.l. in inferior codd. of Phlp., Ammon. ll. cc., Simp. in Cael. l.c., Paul.Aeg. ll.cc.; cf. Lat. platicus.)