πλάτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A) [ᾰ], εος, τό, (πλατύς) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[breadth]], [[width]], σώματος <span class="bibl">Simon.188</span>, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">τὸ π</b>. or [[π]]., [[in breadth]]. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.193</span>, <span class="bibl">4.195</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.3</span>; ἴση μῆκός τε π. τε <span class="bibl">Emp.17.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Math., [[breadth]], i.e. [[the second dimension]], ἐν μήκει καὶ π. καὶ βάθει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>235d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>209a5</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ π</b>., opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ μῆκος, κατὰ βάθος</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>299b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>341b34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[plane surface]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>284e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>819e</span>; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ δύο [συνεχὲς] π. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1020a12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[latitude]], whether terrestrial or celestial, <span class="bibl">Str.1.4.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Cleom.1.4</span>, <span class="bibl">2.4</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>2.12, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.30.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[plane]], ἐν τῷ ψυχικῷ π. <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>201</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[plane]] of flat fish, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>489b33</span>; [[flat]] of the tail, ib.<span class="bibl">549b1</span>; [[flat part]] of the body of the fishing-frog, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>695b15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[extension]], [[breadth]] of a subject, Gal.1.316; οὐκ ὀλίγον τὸ π. Id.11.738. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> = [[πλάτας]], Judeich [[Altertümervon Hierapolis]] No.322, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[range]] of variation, [[latitude]], π. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Plot.6.3.20</span>; ἡ ὑγίεια π. ἔχει Gal.6.12, cf.11.737. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">ἐν πλάτει</b> in a [[loose]] sense, [[broadly]], Posidon. ap.Stob.1.8.42, <span class="bibl">Str.2.1.39</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>673.24</span>; opp. <b class="b3">κατ' ἀκρίβειαν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>10.108</span>; ὡς ἐν π. <span class="bibl">Sor.1.24</span> (but <b class="b3">περὶ ὧν ἐν τῷ π. λέγομεν</b> which we will discuss [[in detail]], <span class="bibl">D.L.7.76</span>); also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ πλάτει Ἑλληνίζειν</b> talk [[loose]] Greek, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>2.9</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ πλάτος λέγεσθαι</b> to be said [[loosely]], <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.164</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sor.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[πλατύτης]] <span class="bibl">3</span>, <span class="bibl">Demetr. <span class="title">Eloc.</span>177</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">π. καρδίας</b>, of Solomon, [[width]] of knowledge, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>2.35a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b3">ἀργυρίου πλάτη</b>, = [[δραχμαί]], <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).189.15 (Tithora, ii A.D.).</span><br /><span class="bld">πλάτος</span> (B) [ᾰ], ὁ, = [[πλάτας]], <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.866 (Laodicea ad Lycum).