English

Proper noun

Platea

1. A borough in Pennsylvania

Italian

Noun

platea f ‎(plural platee)

1. stalls, or, in U.S., orchestra seats (of a theatre)
2. (by extension) audience

Derived terms

• plateale

Anagrams

• palate, pelata

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλατεῖα ‎(plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ‎(plateîa) ὁδός ‎(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.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “platea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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)