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πλα^τύς , εῖα, ύ, Ion. fem.
A.πλατέαHdt.2.156: acc. pl. fem. “πλατέαςPMag.Par.1.1086:—wide, broad,τελαμώνIl.5.796; “πτύον13.588; αἰπόλια πλατέ᾽ αἰγῶν broad herds, i.e. large or spread over a wide space, 2.474, Od.14.101, Hes.Th.445; “π. πρόσοδοιPi.N.6.45; “ὁδοίX.Cyr. 1.6.43, IG22.380.20; τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν π. Broad Street, SIG57.27 (Milet., v B.C.); similarly, “π. ὁδὸς τῶν θεῶνPStrassb.85.22 (ii B.C.) (cf. infr. 11); “κιβώτιον π.IG12.330.20; “τάφρος ὡς πλατυτάτη καὶ βαθυτάτηX. Cyr.7.5.9.
3. of a man, broad-shouldered,οὐ γὰρ οἱ πλατεῖς, οὐδ᾽ εὐρύνωτοιS.Aj.1250, cf. UPZ121.19 (ii B.C.).
4. of seasons, far advanced, ἔαρ Procl.ad Hes.Op.483.
5. metaph., π. ὅρκος a broad strong oath, Emp.30.3, cf. 115.2; κατάγελως π. flat (i.e. downright) mockery, Ar.Ach.1126; π. φλήναφος Amelius ap.Porph. Plot.17, 18; but πλατὺ γελάσαι, καταγελᾶν, laugh loud and rudely, Philostr.VA7.39, VS1.20.2; “καταχρεμψαμένη πλατύAr.Pax 815, cf. Luc.Cat.12.
6. broad, of pronunciation, “π. λέξιςHermog. Id.1.6; “φωνήPoll.2.116; “πλατέα λαλοῦσι πάντα οἱ ΔωριεῖςDemetr. Eloc.177.
7. diffuse,λέξιςD.H.Dem.19. Adv. -έως ibid.: Comp. -ύτερον in fuller detail,διαλεξόμεθαS.E.P.2.219, cf. Sor.2.5, Hdn.2.15.6; -υτέρως Tz.ad Lyc.177: Sup. “-υτάτωςId.H.12.890.
b. Adv. -έως loosely, opp. ἀκριβῶς, Phld.Rh.1.248 S.
8. widespread, frequent,χρῆσιςChoerob.in Theod.1.332: Comp., ib.267.
9. π. δρόμος, = Lat. cursus clabularis, Lyd.Mag.3.61.
II. Subst. πλατεῖα (sc. ὁδός, cf.S.E.P.1.188, and v.supr.1.1), , street, Philem.58, Herod. 6.53, OGI491.9 (Pergam.), LXXGe.19.2, D.S.17.52, Str.17.1.10, Ev.Matt.12.19; “οἱ ἐν τῇ Σκυτικῇ π. τεχνεῖταιIGRom.4.790, cf. 791, al. (Apamea); hence Σεβαστὴ π. name of a guild, ib.3.711 (Sura); “ ἱερωτάτη π.CIG3960b6 (Apamea).
b. (sc. χείρ) flat of the hand,ταῖσι πλατείαις τυπτόμενοςAr.Ra.1096; “πλατείᾳ τῇ χειρίPhilum.Ven. 5.3.
c. a kind of dish or cup, IG11(2).110.22, al. (Delos, iii B.C.).
d. broad stripe or border, Demetr.Eloc.108.
III. salt, brackish,πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασιHdt.2.108; πλατέα or πλατύτερα ὕδατα, Arist.Mete.358b4, 358a28 (but “πλατὺς ἙλλήσποντοςIl.7.86, 17.432, is not the salt, but the broad, Hellespont, cf. A. Pers.875 (lyr.), wrongly expld. by Ath.2.41b). (Cf. Skt. pṛthú- 'broad', práthati 'spread out', etc. But in signf. 111 cogn. with Skt. pa[tnull ]u- 'sharp', 'pungent', tripa[tnull ]u 'the three saline substances'.)
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