A.breadth, width, “σώματος” Simon.188, etc.: abs., τὸ π. or π., in breadth. Hdt.1.193, 4.195, X.Oec.19.3; “ἴση μῆκός τε π. τε” Emp.17.20.
b. Math., breadth, i.e. the second dimension, “ἐν μήκει καὶ π. καὶ βάθει” Pl.Sph.235d, cf. Arist.Ph.209a5; κατὰ π., opp. κατὰ μῆκος, κατὰ βάθος, Id.Cael.299b26, Mete.341b34.
3. latitude, whether terrestrial or celestial, Str.1.4.2, Cleom.1.4, 2.4, Ptol.Alm.2.12, Vett.Val.30.12.
5. plane of flat fish, Arist.HA489b33; flat of the tail, ib.549b1; flat part of the body of the fishing-frog, Id.PA695b15.
7. = πλάτας, Judeich Altertümervon Hierapolis No.322, al.
II. metaph., range of variation, latitude, “π. ἔχειν” Plot.6.3.20; “ἡ ὑγίεια π. ἔχει” Gal.6.12, cf.11.737.
III. with Preps., ἐν πλάτει in a loose sense, broadly, Posidon. ap.Stob.1.8.42, Str.2.1.39, D.H.Comp.21, EM673.24; opp. κατ᾽ ἀκρίβειαν, S.E.M.10.108; “ὡς ἐν π.” Sor.1.24 (but περὶ ὧν ἐν τῷ π. λέγομεν which we will discuss in detail, D.L.7.76); also ἐπὶ πλάτει Ἑλληνίζειν talk loose Greek, Phld.Po.2.9; κατὰ πλάτος λέγεσθαι to be said loosely, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.164, cf. Sor.1.6, 21.
V. π. καρδίας, of Solomon, width of knowledge, LXX 3 Ki.2.35a.