Esperanto

Noun

placo ‎(accusative singular placon, plural placoj, accusative plural placojn)

1. public square, town square, plaza

Derived terms

• rondoplaco

Ido

Noun

placo (plural placi)

1. public square, plaza

Italian

Verb

placo

1. first-person singular present indicative of placare

Anagrams

• colpa, palco, polca

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally uncertain. The relation with Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‎(“wide and flat”) offered by Pokorny is rejected by De Vaan, who suggests Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)Hk- ‎(“pleasingness or permission”), with only Tocharian relatives. If the laryngeal is h₂, a semantically difficult relationship could be drawn to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂k- ‎(“to hit”), whence Ancient Greek πλήσσω ‎(plḗssō, “I strike”). Related to placeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplaː.koː/, [ˈpɫaː.koː]

Verb

plācō ‎(present infinitive plācāre, perfect active plācāvī, supine plācātum); first conjugation

1. I appease
2. I placate, pacify or assuage
3. I reconcile

Inflection

Descendants

• English: placate
• Italian: placare
• Portuguese: placar
• Romanian: placa
• Spanish: aplacar

References

• placo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• placo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “placo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to reconcile two people; to be a mediator: placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem
    
  • to appease the anger of the gods: deos placare (B. G. 6. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in a bad temper: sibi displicere (opp. sibi placere)