platea

See also: Platea

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “street”). Compare the inherited doublet piazza.

Noun

platea f (plural platee)

  1. stall (UK); orchestra seat (of a theater) (US)
  2. (by extension) audience
    Synonym: pubblico

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /plaˈteː.a/, [pɫaˈteː.a]

Noun

platēa f (genitive platēae); first declension

  1. street
  2. courtyard

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative platēa platēae
genitive platēae platēārum
dative platēae platēīs
accusative platēam platēās
ablative platēā platēīs
vocative platēa platēae

Descendants

References

  • platea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • platea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • platea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • platea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • platea in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • platea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “street”). Compare the doublet plaza.

Noun

platea f (plural plateas)

  1. stalls (of a theatre)
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