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Platonical
{
Pla-ton′ic
,Pla-ton′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
Platonicus
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F. platonique
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions.
2.
Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.
Platonic bodies
, the five regular geometrical solids; namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.
– Platonic love
, a pure, spiritual affection, subsisting between persons of opposite sex, unmixed with carnal desires, and regarding the mind only and its excellences; – a species of love for which Plato was a warm advocate.
– Platonic year
(Astron.)
, a period of time determined by the revolution of the equinoxes, or the space of time in which the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes; – called also
great year
. This revolution, which is caused by the precession of the equinoxes, is accomplished in about 26,000 years. Barlow.
Definition 2024
Platonical
Platonical
English
Alternative forms
- platonical
- Platonicall [16th-17th c.]
Adjective
Platonical (comparative more Platonical, superlative most Platonical)
- Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.10:
- Plutarkes opinions are Platonicall, gentle and accommodable unto civill societie […].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.10:
- Affectionate but non-sexual; Platonic.