Plato

== English == === Alternative forms === Platon === Etymology === From Middle English Plato, Platon, from Latin Platō, Platōn, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”), either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪ.təʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪ.toʊ/ Rhymes: -eɪtəʊ === Proper noun === Plato A male given name from Ancient Greek. The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Archimedes Aristotle Plethon Pythagoras Socrates === Further reading === “Plato”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Plato”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Plato”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “Plato”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “Plato”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Plato, britannica.com Plato, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Plato Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Plato and Platonism === Anagrams === A plot == Latin == === Alternative forms === Platōn === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫa.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplaː.to] === Proper noun === Platō m sg (genitive Platōnis); third declension Plato, a Greek philosopher ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: Plato === References === “Plato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Plato”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.