πλατεία
See also: πλατεῖα
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pla.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /plaˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /plaˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /plaˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /plaˈti.a/
Adjective
πλᾰτείᾱ • (plăteíā)
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual of πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s)
Noun
πλᾰτείᾱ • (plăteíā)
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual of πλᾰτεῖᾰ (plăteîă)
Greek
Etymology
From feminine adjective of Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “wide”) (by ellipsis of the noun ὁδός (hodós): "wide street") of πλατύς (platús, “wide”).
- (town square) Semantic loan from French place from Latin platea from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa) of πλατύς (platús). Also see the colloquial synonym πιάτσα (piátsa) from Italian.
- (theater stalls) Semantic loan from Italian platea from Latin platea from Ancient Greek plural neuter πλατέα (platéa) of πλατύς (platús) [1]
Both, repatriated loanwords(αντιδάνειο (antidáneio).[2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈti.a/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: πλα‧τεί‧α
- Compare to πλατιά (platiá)
Noun
πλατεία • (plateía) f (plural πλατείες)
- town square
- (theater) the place with seats in front and about the same level as the stage
- (theater, by extension) people in these seats
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πλατεία (plateía) | πλατείες (plateíes) |
| genitive | πλατείας (plateías) | πλατειών (plateión) |
| accusative | πλατεία (plateía) | πλατείες (plateíes) |
| vocative | πλατεία (plateía) | πλατείες (plateíes) |
Derived terms
- πλατεΐτσα f (plateḯtsa) (diminutive)
- πλατειούλα f (plateioúla) (diminutive)
Related terms
- πλατειάζω (plateiázo, “expatiate, descant, expound”)
- πλατειασμός m (plateiasmós, “descant”)
- πλάτεμα n (plátema, “widening”)
- and see: πλατύς (platýs, “wide”)
References
- ^ p.210 s.v. lemma "πιάτσα" in Vasmanoli, Erasmia (pub.2007, PhD.2001) Οι αντιδάνειες λέξεις στη νέα ελληνική […] [Repatriated loans in Modern Greek] PhD DOI
- ^ πλατεία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πλατεία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002), Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.