πλάτη

See also: πλατύ

Greek

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.ti/
  • Hyphenation: πλά‧τη
  • tonic near-homophone: πλατύ (platý)

Etymology 1

Already in Ancient Greek πλάτη (plátē, “flat or broad object; mainly a flat oar”), found in the plural πλάται (plátai, “shoulder-blades”) from the adjective πλατύς (platús, “broad”).[1] Cognate with Irish leithe, Old Church Slavonic плеще (plešte), Hittite [script needed] (paltana).[2]

Noun

πλάτη • (pláti) f (plural πλάτες)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. chairback
Declension
declension of πλάτη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πλάτη • πλάτες •
genitive πλάτης • πλατών •
accusative πλάτη • πλάτες •
vocative πλάτη • πλάτες •
Derived terms
  • πισώπλατος (pisóplatos)
  • πλαταράς m (platarás, “who has braoad back”)
  • πλατάρια n pl (platária)
  • ωμοπλάτη f (omopláti, “shoulder blade, scapula”)
  • διάπλατος (diáplatos, “wide open”)
  • πλαταίνω (plataíno, “broaden”)
  • πλατεία f (plateía, “town square”)
  • πλατειάζω (plateiázo)
  • πλάτεμα n (plátema)
  • and see: πλατύς (platýs, “broad”) & πλατυ- compounds

Noun

πλάτη • (pláti) n

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of πλάτος (plátos).

References
  1. πλάτη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. πλάτη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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