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