"platea" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [pɫaˈteː.a] [Classical-Latin], [plaˈtɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|πλατεῖα}} Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa) Head templates: {{la-noun|platēa<1>}} platēa f (genitive platēae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|platēa<1>}} Forms: platēa [canonical, feminine], platēae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], platēa [nominative, singular], platēae [nominative, plural], platēae [genitive, singular], platēārum [genitive, plural], platēae [dative, singular], platēīs [dative, plural], platēam [accusative, singular], platēās [accusative, plural], platēā [ablative, singular], platēīs [ablative, plural], platēa [singular, vocative], platēae [plural, vocative]
  1. broad way, street Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: angiportus, vīculus
    Sense id: en-platea-la-noun-E7usmmVl Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 19 44 36
  2. (post-classical) open space, area, courtyard Tags: declension-1, obsolete
    Sense id: en-platea-la-noun-dhMGGfBb Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 1 1 56 1 3 33 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 43 1 2 49 3 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 92 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 19 44 36

Noun

IPA: [pɫaˈteː.a] [Classical-Latin], [plaˈtɛː.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|πλατεῖα}} Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa) Head templates: {{head|la|noun}} platea
  1. alternative form of platalea Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: platalea
    Sense id: en-platea-la-noun-AjT~I2zN Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 19 44 36
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      "lang_code": "co",
      "word": "piazza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
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    {
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "word": "praça"
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      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "place"
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      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
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      "lang": "Istriot",
      "lang_code": "ist",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
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      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "lang_code": "lij",
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      "lang_code": "nap",
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          "word": "pyaice"
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          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "plache"
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        }
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      "ipa": "[plaˈtɛː.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "ipa": "[plaˈtɛː.a]",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.