English

Proper noun

Plato

1. Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC, follower of Socrates.
2. A male given name.
   • 1993 Nina Bawden, The Real Plato Jones, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, ISBN 0395669723, page 1:

     My name is Plato Jones. Plato Constantine Jones. Plato because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after his father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• A plot

See also

• Archimedes
• Aristotle
• Pythagoras
• Socrates

Latin

Alternative forms

• Platōn

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Πλάτων ‎(Plátōn)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.toː/, [ˈpɫa.toː]

Proper noun

Platō m ‎(genitive Platōnis); third declension

1. Plato, a Greek philosopher

   Lectitavisse Platonem studiose.

   To have often read Plato zealously.

Declension

Third declension.

Related terms

• Platōnica
• Platōnicī m ‎(“Platonists”)
• Platōnicus

Descendants

• English: Plato

References

• Plato in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Plato”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Esperanto

Noun

plato ‎(accusative singular platon, plural platoj, accusative plural platojn)

1. plate

Latvian

Adjective

plato

1. vocative singular masculine form of platais
2. accusative singular masculine form of platais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of platais
4. genitive plural masculine form of platais
5. vocative singular feminine form of platais
6. accusative singular feminine form of platais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of platais
8. genitive plural feminine form of platais

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plǎtoː/
• Hyphenation: pla‧to

Noun

plàtō m ‎(Cyrillic spelling пла̀то̄)

1. plateau

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla̠t̪o̞/

Noun

plato m ‎(plural platos)

1. plate, dish

Derived terms

• friegaplatos m
• lavaplatos m
• salvaplatos

Turkish

Noun

plato

1. plateau

Synonyms

• yayla