πλάτανος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • πλατάνιστος (platánistos)

Etymology

The word has been derived from πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”), or presumed inherited directly from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂enós, under the assumption that the tree was named after its broad leaves or flat patches of bark. According to Beekes, this etymology must be rejected in view of the opaque derivation of the oldest attested form πλατάνιστος (platánistos). Instead, it can be assumed that the name of this tree was borrowed from Pre-Greek and only secondarily became associated with πλατύς (platús).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πλᾰ́τᾰνος • (plátanos) f (genitive πλᾰτᾰ́νου); second declension

  1. planetree (Platanus orientalis)

Declension
Second declension of ἡ πλᾰ́τᾰνος; τῆς πλᾰτᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πλᾰ́τᾰνος
hē plátanos		 τὼ πλᾰτᾰ́νω
tṑ platánō		 αἱ πλᾰ́τᾰνοι
hai plátanoi
Genitive τῆς πλᾰτᾰ́νου
tês platánou		 τοῖν πλᾰτᾰ́νοιν
toîn platánoin		 τῶν πλᾰτᾰ́νων
tôn platánōn
Dative τῇ πλᾰτᾰ́νῳ
têi platánōi		 τοῖν πλᾰτᾰ́νοιν
toîn platánoin		 ταῖς πλᾰτᾰ́νοις
taîs platánois
Accusative τὴν πλᾰ́τᾰνον
tḕn plátanon		 τὼ πλᾰτᾰ́νω
tṑ platánō		 τᾱ̀ς πλᾰτᾰ́νους
tā̀s platánous
Vocative πλᾰ́τᾰνε
plátane		 πλᾰτᾰ́νω
platánō		 πλᾰ́τᾰνοι
plátanoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Latin: platanus
  • → Translingual: Platanus

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos, “plane tree”), from πλατύς (platús, “broad”)

Noun

πλάτανος • (plátanos) m (plural πλάνατοι)

  1. plane tree

Declension
declension of πλάτανος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πλάτανος • πλάτανοι •
genitive πλάτανου •,  πλατάνου • πλάτανων •,  πλατάνων •
accusative πλάτανο • πλάτανους •,  πλατάνους •
vocative πλάτανε • πλάτανοι •
Second forms are formal. 

Further reading
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