πλάτος

English (LSJ)

(A) [ᾰ], εος, τό, (πλατύς)

   A breadth, width, σώματος Simon.188, etc.: abs., τὸ π. or π., in breadth. Hdt.1.193, 4.195, X.Oec.19.3; ἴση μῆκός τε π. τε Emp.17.20.    b Math., breadth, i.e. the second dimension, ἐν μήκει καὶ π. καὶ βάθει Pl.Sph.235d, cf. Arist.Ph.209a5; κατὰ π., opp. κατὰ μῆκος, κατὰ βάθος, Id.Cael.299b26, Mete.341b34.    2 plane surface, Pl.Plt.284e, Lg.819e; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ δύο [συνεχὲς] π. Arist.Metaph.1020a12.    3 latitude, whether terrestrial or celestial, Str.1.4.2, Cleom.1.4, 2.4, Ptol.Alm.2.12, Vett.Val.30.12.    4 metaph., plane, ἐν τῷ ψυχικῷ π. Procl.Inst.201.    5 plane of flat fish, Arist.HA489b33; flat of the tail, ib.549b1; flat part of the body of the fishing-frog, Id.PA695b15.    6 extension, breadth of a subject, Gal.1.316; οὐκ ὀλίγον τὸ π. Id.11.738.    7 = πλάτας, Judeich Altertümervon Hierapolis No.322, al.    II metaph., range of variation, latitude, π. ἔχειν Plot.6.3.20; ἡ ὑγίεια π. ἔχει Gal.6.12, cf.11.737.    III with Preps., ἐν πλάτει in a loose sense, broadly, Posidon. ap.Stob.1.8.42, Str.2.1.39, D.H.Comp.21, EM673.24; opp. κατ' ἀκρίβειαν, S.E.M.10.108; ὡς ἐν π. Sor.1.24 (but περὶ ὧν ἐν τῷ π. λέγομεν which we will discuss in detail, D.L.7.76); also ἐπὶ πλάτει Ἑλληνίζειν talk loose Greek, Phld.Po.2.9; κατὰ πλάτος λέγεσθαι to be said loosely, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.164, cf. Sor.1.6, 21.    IV = πλατύτης 3, Demetr. Eloc.177.    V π. καρδίας, of Solomon, width of knowledge, LXX 3 Ki.2.35a.    VI ἀργυρίου πλάτη, = δραχμαί, IG9(1).189.15 (Tithora, ii A.D.).
πλάτος (B) [ᾰ], ὁ,

   A = πλάτας, IGRom.4.866 (Laodicea ad Lycum).

German (Pape)

[Seite 626] τό, die Breite; Ar. Av. 1129; ἐν μήκει καὶ βάθει καὶ πλάτει, Plat. Soph. 235 d; διώρυχα τρίπλεθρον τὸ πλάτος, Critia. 115 d; u. so gew. bei Folgdn; ἐν πλάτει od. κατὰ πλάτος, in aller Breite, d. i. ausführlich, bes. Sp.; ἐν πλάτει τε καὶ κατ' ἀκρίβειαν, S. Emp. adv. phys. 2, 108; Ggstz κατὰ περιγραφήν, 15.