platanus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫa.ta.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplaː.ta.nus]

platanus f (genitive platanī); second declension

1. planetree, sycamore
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:

     Iuxtā platanum istam residāmus

     Let's sit next to that planetree

Second-declension noun.

• platanīnus

• platanon

• “platanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “platanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “platanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “platanus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly