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πλατεῖα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλατεῖα

Structure: πλατει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: v. platu/s.

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἔθετο ἄρχοντασ τοῦ πολέμου ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν, καὶ συνήχθησαν πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν πλατεῖαν τῆσ πύλησ τῆσ φάραγγοσ, καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ καρδίαν αὐτῶν λέγων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 32:6)
  • ὀσφὺν πλατεῖαν ἰσχυράν, μὴ σαρκώδη ἀλλὰ νεύροισ πεπηγυῖαν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 9:3)
  • ὃσ εἰ διοίσει νύκτα τήνδ’ ἐσ αὔριον, οὔτε σφ’ Ἀχιλλεὺσ οὔτ’ ἂν Αἰάντοσ δόρυ μὴ πάντα πέρσαι ναύσταθμ’ Ἀργείων σχέθοι, τείχη κατασκάψαντα καὶ πυλῶν ἔσω λόγχῃ πλατεῖαν ἐσδρομὴν ποιούμενον. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:3)
  • ἣν ἂν μή τισ ἐξέληται τῆσ ψυχῆσ ὥσπερ ἕλμιγγα πλατεῖαν, οὐ παύσονται δεόμενοι τῶν περιττῶν, τουτέστιν ἐπιθυμοῦντεσ ὧν οὐ δέονται. (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 3 9:1)
  • "ἐγὼ δ’ εἰσ Σοῦσα νικῶν δι’ Ἀρβήλων ἀναβέβηκα, καὶ Κιλικία μοι πλατεῖαν ἀνέῳξεν Αἴγυπτον, Κιλικίαν δὲ Γράνικοσ, ὃν Μιθριδάτῃ καὶ Σπιθριδάτῃ νεκροῖσ ἐπιβὰσ διεπέρασα. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 2 2:4)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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