See also: πλατύ

Greek

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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πλάτη (plátif (plural πλάτες)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. chairback
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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πλάτη (plátin

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

References

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  1. ^ πλάτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  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