πλάτος [ᾰ], εος, τό,
(πλατύς)
__A breadth, width, σώματος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 188, etc.: _absolutely_, τὸ π. or π.,] Refs 4th c.BC+] in breadth. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, 4.195, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.3; ἴση μῆκός τε π. τε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.b in Mathematics texts, breadth, i.e. the second dimension, ἐν μήκει καὶ π. καὶ βάθει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ π., opposed to κατὰ μῆκος, κατὰ βάθος, [[ [prev. author] “Cael.” 299b26, “Mete.” 341b34. ] Refs]
__A.2 plane surface, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284e, “Lg.” 819e; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ δύο [συνεχὲς] π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1020a12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.3 latitude, whether terrestrial or celestial, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.4.2, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.4, 2.4, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 2.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 30.12. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.4 metaphorically, plane, ἐν τῷ ψυχικῷ π. [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 201. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__A.5 plane of flat fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 489b33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; flat of the tail, [[[prev. work] 549b1 ] Refs]; flat part of the body of the fishing-frog, [[ [prev. author] “PA” 695b15. ] Refs]