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|Definition=εῖα, ύ, Ion. fem. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πλατέα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.156</span>: acc. pl. fem. πλατέας <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.1086:—<b class="b2">wide, broad</b>, τελαμών <span class="bibl">Il.5.796</span>; πτύον <span class="bibl">13.588</span>; <b class="b3">αἰπόλια πλατέ' αἰγῶν</b> <b class="b2">broad</b> herds, i.e. <b class="b2">large</b> or <b class="b2">spread over a wide space</b>, <span class="bibl">2.474</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.101</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>445</span>; π. πρόσοδοι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.45</span>; ὁδοί <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 1.6.43</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.380.20; <b class="b3">τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν π</b>. <span class="title">Broad</span> Street, <span class="title">SIG</span>57.27 (Milet., v B.C.); similarly, π. ὁδὸς τῶν θεῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>85.22</span> (ii B.C.) (cf. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>); κιβώτιον π. <span class="title">IG</span>12.330.20; τάφρος ὡς πλατυτάτη καὶ βαθυτάτη <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">flat, level</b>, χῶρος π. καὶ πολλός <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.39</span>; πλατυτάτης . . γῆς οὔσης Θετταλίας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.1.9</span>; πότερον ἡ γῆ π. ἐστιν ἢ στρογγύλη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>97d</span>; <b class="b3">κάρυα τὰ π</b>., i.e. chestnuts, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.126</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.29</span>; <b class="b3">σελάχη, ἰχθύες</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>489b31</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>695b7</span>; ποτήρια πλατέα, τοίχους οὐκ ἔχοντ' <span class="bibl">Pherecr.143.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of a man, <b class="b2">broad-shouldered</b>, οὐ γὰρ οἱ πλατεῖς, οὐδ' εὐρύνωτοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1250</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>121.19</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of seasons, <b class="b2">far advanced</b>, <b class="b3">ἔαρ</b> Procl.ad <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>483</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., <b class="b3">π. ὅρκος</b> a <b class="b2">broad strong</b> oath, <span class="bibl">Emp.30.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">115.2</span>; <b class="b3">κατάγελως π</b>. <b class="b2">flat</b> (i.e. downright) mockery, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1126</span>; <b class="b3">π. φλήναφος</b> Amelius ap.<span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Plot.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl">18</span>; but <b class="b3">πλατὺ γελάσαι, καταγελᾶν</b>, laugh <b class="b2">loud and</b> <b class="b2">rudely</b>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>7.39</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">VS</span>1.20.2</span>; καταχρεμψαμένη πλατύ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 815</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cat.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">broad</b>, of pronunciation, π. λέξις <span class="bibl">Hermog. <span class="title">Id.</span>1.6</span>; φωνή <span class="bibl">Poll.2.116</span>; πλατέα λαλοῦσι πάντα οἱ Δωριεῖς <span class="bibl">Demetr. <span class="title">Eloc.</span>177</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">diffuse</b>, λέξις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>19</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-έως</b> ibid.: Comp. <b class="b3">-ύτερον</b> <b class="b2">in fuller detail</b>, διαλεξόμεθα <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.219</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sor.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.15.6</span>; <b class="b3">-υτέρως</b> Tz.ad Lyc.177: Sup. -υτάτως Id.<span class="title">H.</span>12.890. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-έως</b> <b class="b2">loosely</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀκριβῶς</b>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.248 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">widespread, frequent</b>, χρῆσις <span class="bibl">Choerob.<span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.332</span>: Comp., ib.<span class="bibl">267</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">π. δρόμος</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">cursus clabularis</b>, Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>3.61. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Subst. <b class="b3">πλατεῖα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ὁδός</b>, cf.<span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.188</span>, and v.supr.<span class="bibl">1.1</span>), ἡ, <b class="b2">street</b>, <span class="bibl">Philem.58</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod. 6.53</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>491.9 (Pergam.), <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>19.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.17.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>12.19</span>; οἱ ἐν τῇ Σκυτικῇ π. τεχνεῖται <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.790, cf. 791, al. (Apamea); hence <b class="b3">Σεβαστὴ π</b>. name of a guild, ib.3.711 (Sura); ἡ ἱερωτάτη π. <span class="title">CIG</span>3960b6 (Apamea). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> (sc. <b class="b3">χείρ</b>) <b class="b2">flat of the hand</b>, ταῖσι πλατείαις τυπτόμενος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1096</span>; πλατείᾳ τῇ χειρί <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span> 5.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> a kind of <b class="b2">dish</b> or <b class="b2">cup</b>, IG11(2).110.22, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">broad stripe</b> or <b class="b2">border</b>, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>108</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">salt, brackish</b>, πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.108</span>; <b class="b3">πλατέα</b> or <b class="b3">πλατύτερα ὕδατα</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>358b4</span>, <span class="bibl">358a28</span> (but πλατὺς Ἑλλήσποντος <span class="bibl">Il.7.86</span>, <span class="bibl">17.432</span>, is not <b class="b2">the salt</b>, but <b class="b2">the broad</b>, Hellespont, cf. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>875</span> (lyr.), wrongly expld. by <span class="bibl">Ath.2.41b</span>). (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">pṛthú-</b> 'broad', <b class="b2">práthati</b> 'spread out', etc. But in signf. <span class="bibl">111</span> cogn. with Skt. <b class="b2">pa[tnull ]u-</b> 'sharp', 'pungent', <b class="b2">tripa[tnull ]u</b> 'the three saline substances'.)</span>

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