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|Definition=[ᾰ], Dor. [[πλάτα]], ἡ, ([[πλατύς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[flat object]] or [[broad object]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[blade of an oar]]: and generally, [[oar]], A.''Ag.''695 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''358(lyr.), E. ''Hec.''39, al.; [[ναυτίλῳ πλάτῃ]] = [[by ship]], [[by sea]], S.''Ph.''220; [[οὐρίῳ πλάτῃ]] = [[with a fair voyage]], ib.355; [[βάρβαρος]] πλάτη E.''Hel.''192(lyr.); πλάτῃ [[φυγεῖν]] Id.''IT''242; <b class="b3">οἷον πλάταις</b>, of the [[tail]]s of some [[crustacea]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''684a3; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ πτερύγια ἢ πλάτας</b>, of the [[feet]] of others, ib.13; of the [[membrane]]s or [[lobe]]s attached to the [[toe]]s of certain birds, ib.694b5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[χερσαία πλάτη]] = [[winnowing fan]], or (as others expl.) [[shepherd's crook]], Lyc.96.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in plural, [[πλάται]] = [[shoulderblades]], Hp.''Loc.Hom.''6, Poll.2.133, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: sg., ''SIG'' 1024.7 (Myconos, iii/ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[broad ribs]], Poll.2.181.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[sheet of papyrus]], AP13.21 (Theodorid.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[paling]], POxy.707.32 (ii A.D.), 1674.10 (iii A.D.).