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Strong's #4113 - πλατεῖα
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πλατεῖα, ἡ, v. πλατύς 11 .
πλᾰτύς, εῖα, ύ,
Ion. fem. πλατέα Hdt. 2.156: acc. pl. fem. πλατέας PMag.Par. 1.1086: — wide, broad, τελαμών Il. 5.796; πτύον 13.588; αἰπόλια πλατέ' αἰγῶν broad herds, i.e. large or spread over a wide space, 2.474, Od. 14.101, Hes. Th. 445; π. πρόσοδοι Pi. N. 6.45; ὁδοί X. Cyr. 1.6.43, IG 22.380.20; τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν π. Broad Street, SIG 57.27 (Milet., v B.C. ); similarly, π. ὁδὸς τῶν θεῶν PStrassb. 85.22 (ii B.C.) (cf. infr. 11 ); κιβώτιον π. IG 12.330.20; τάφρος ὡς πλατυτάτη καὶ βαθυτάτη X. Cyr. 7.5.9 .
2. flat, level, χῶρος π. καὶ πολλός Hdt. 4.39; πλατυτάτης . . γῆς οὔσης Θετταλίας X. HG 6.1.9; πότερον ἡ γῆ π. ἐστιν ἢ στρογγύλη Pl. Phd. 97d; κάρυα τὰ π., i.e. chestnuts, Hp. Vict. 2.55, Diocl.Fr. 126, X. An. 5.4.29; σελάχη, ἰχθύες, Arist. HA 489b31, PA 695b7; ποτήρια πλατέα, τοίχους οὐκ ἔχοντ' Pherecr. 143.2 .
3. of a man, broad-shouldered, οὐ γὰρ οἱ πλατεῖς, οὐδ' εὐρύνωτοι S. Aj. 1250, cf. UPZ 121.19 (ii B.C.) .
4. of seasons, far advanced, ἔαρ Procl.ad Hes. Op. 483 .
5. metaph., π. ὅρκος a broad strong oath, Emp. 30.3, cf. 115.2; κατάγελως π. flat (i.e. downright) mockery, Ar. Ach. 1126; π. φλήναφος Amelius ap. Porph. Plot. 17, 18; but πλατὺ γελάσαι, καταγελᾶν, laugh loud and rudely, Philostr. VA 7.39, VS 1.20.2; καταχρεμψαμένη πλατύ Ar. Pax 815, cf. Luc. Cat. 12 .
6. broad, of pronunciation, π. λέξις Hermog. Id. 1.6; φωνή Poll. 2.116; πλατέα λαλοῦσι πάντα οἱ Δωριεῖς Demetr. Eloc. 177 .
7. diffuse, λέξις D.H. Dem. 19 . Adv. -έως ibid.: Comp. -ύτερον in fuller detail, διαλεξόμεθα S.E. P. 2.219, cf. Sor. 2.5, Hdn. 2.15.6; -υτέρως Tz.ad Lyc. 177: Sup. -υτάτως Id. H. 12.890 . Adv. -έως loosely, opp. ἀκριβῶς, Phld. Rh. 1.248 S.
8. widespread, frequent, χρῆσις Choerob. in Theod. 1.332: Comp., ib. 267 .
9. π. δρόμος, = Lat. cursus clabularis, Lyd. Mag. 3.61. II Subst. πλατεῖα (sc. ὁδός, cf. S.E. P. 1.188, and v.supr. 1.1 ), ἡ, street, Philem. 58, Herod. 6.53, OGI 491.9 (Pergam.), LXX Genesis 19:2, D.S. 17.52, Str. 17.1.10, Ev.Matthew 12:19; οἱ ἐν τῇ Σκυτικῇ π. τεχνεῖται IGRom. 4.790, cf. 791, al. ( Apamea ); hence Σεβαστὴ π. name of a guild, ib.3.711 ( Sura ); ἡ ἱερωτάτη π. CIG 3960b6 ( Apamea ). (sc. χείρ ) flat of the hand, ταῖσι πλατείαις τυπτόμενος Ar. Ra. 1096; πλατείᾳ τῇ χειρί Philum. Ven. 5.3 . a kind of dish or cup, IG 11(2).110.22, al. (Delos, iii B.C. ). broad stripe or border, Demetr. Eloc. 108 .
III salt, brackish, πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασι Hdt. 2.108; πλατέα or πλατύτερα ὕδατα, Arist. Mete. 358b4, 358a28 (but πλατὺς Ἑλλήσποντος Il. 7.86, 17.432, is not the salt, but the broad, Hellespont, cf. A. Pers. 875 (lyr.), wrongly expld. by Ath. 2.41b ). (Cf. Skt. pṛthú- 'broad', práthati 'spread out', etc. But in signf. 111 cogn. with Skt. pa[tnull ]u- 'sharp', 'pungent', tripa[tnull ]u 'the three saline substances'.)
πλατεῖα, πλατείας, ἡ (feminine of the adjective πλατύς, namely, ὁδός (cf. Winers Grammar, 590 (549))), a broad way, a street: Matthew 6:5; Matthew 12:19; Luke 10:10; Luke 13:26; Luke 14:21; Acts 5:15; Revelation 11:8; Revelation 21:21; Revelation 22:2. (Euripides, Plutarch, others; in the Sept. chiefly for רְחֹב.)
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πλατεία , -ας , ἡ , see πλατύς G4116.
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In the Tebtunis ostracon 3.1 (ii/A.D.) (= P Tebt II. p. 336) reference is made to πόσις ζύτου, ";the drinking of beer"; in connexion with a festival at the temple of Bubastus. In John 6:55, and probably in Romans 14:17, Colossians 2:16, the word is concrete = πόμα, ";drink.";
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