πλάτη
τὸ γὰρ βραχύ τι τοῦτο πᾶσαν ὑμῶν ἔχει τὴν βεβαίωσιν καὶ πεῖραν τῆς γνώμης → this trifle contains the whole seal and trial of your resolution
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], Dor. πλάτα, ἡ, (πλατύς)
A flat or broad object: 1 blade of an oar: and generally, oar, A.Ag.695 (lyr.), S.Aj.358(lyr.), E. Hec.39, al.; ναυτίλῳ π. by ship, by sea, S.Ph.220; οὐρίῳ π. with a fair voyage, ib.355; βάρβαρος π. E.Hel.192(lyr.); πλάτῃ φυγεῖν Id.IT242; οἷον πλάταις, of the tails of some crustacea, Arist.PA684a3; ὥσπερ πτερύγια ἢ πλάτας, of the feet of others, ib.13; of the membranes or lobes attached to the toes of certain birds, ib.694b5. 2 χερσαία π. winnowing fan, or (as others expl.) shepherd's crook, Lyc.96. 3 in pl., shoulder-blades, Hp.Loc.Hom.6, Poll.2.133, Hsch.: sg., SIG 1024.7 (Myconos, iii/ii B.C.). b broad ribs, Poll.2.181. 4 sheet of papyrus, AP13.21 (Theodorid.). II paling, POxy.707.32 (ii A.D.), 1674.10 (iii A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 626] ἡ, auch πλάτα, ἡ, Platte, die platte, breite Oberfläche eines Körpers; bes. das breite, untere Ende des Ruders, Aesch. Suppl. 127 Ag. 679; ἅλιον ὃς ἐπέβας ἑλίσσων πλάταν, Soph. Ai. 351; O. C. 721; u. allgemeiner, τίνες πότ' ἐς γῆν τήνδε ναυτίλῳ πλάτῃ κατέσχετε, Phil. 220; πλάτῃ φυγόντες, Eur. I. T. 242; ναυπόρῳ πλάτῃ, Troad. 877, u. öfter; ναυτίλος, Ar. Ran. 1205; sp. D., wie Opp. Cyn. 2, 230. – Auch die Rippenknochen, Poll. 2, 133; – χερσαία πλάτη, Lycophr. 96, der Hirtenstab.
