platessa

Italian

Noun

platessa f (plural platesse)

plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

Anagrams

salpaste, spalaste

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /plaˈtes.sa/, [pɫaˈtɛs.sa]

Noun

platessa f (genitive platessae); first declension

(Late Latin) flatfish, plaice

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	platessa	platessae
Genitive	platessae	platessārum
Dative	platessae	platessīs
Accusative	platessam	platessās
Ablative	platessā	platessīs
Vocative	platessa	platessae

Descendants

Old French: plaiz, pladisse, plaïse
- English: plaice
- French: plie
- Irish: plás
- Norman: pliais

Italian: platessa
Spanish: platija

References

platessa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
platessa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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