planus
See also: plānus
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *plānos, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-s (“flattened”), from *pleh₂-. Further related to Latin palma, planta, plautus, palam, palātum, and likely pellō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplaː.nus/, [ˈpɫ̪äːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.nus/, [ˈpläːnus]
Adjective
plānus (feminine plāna, neuter plānum, comparative planior, superlative planissimus, adverb plānē); first/second-declension adjective
- level, flat, even
- Synonym: aequus
- Antonyms: impār, inīquus
- intelligible, clear
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | plānus | plāna | plānum | plānī | plānae | plāna | |
| Genitive | plānī | plānae | plānī | plānōrum | plānārum | plānōrum | |
| Dative | plānō | plānō | plānīs | ||||
| Accusative | plānum | plānam | plānum | plānōs | plānās | plāna | |
| Ablative | plānō | plānā | plānō | plānīs | |||
| Vocative | plāne | plāna | plānum | plānī | plānae | plāna | |
Derived terms
- explānō
- plānē
- plānitās
- plānitūdō
- plānō
- plānum
Descendants
- Asturian: llanu, planu (borrowing)
- → Basque: lau
- Catalan: pla
- French: plan (borrowing), plain
- → German: Plan
- → English: plan, plain
- → Japanese: プラン (puran)
- Friulian: plan
- Galician: chan, chá
- Italian: piano
- → English: piano
- Occitan: plan
- Old Portuguese: chão, prão (semi-learned)
- Portuguese: chão, chã, porão (semi-learned), plano (borrowed from Latin) piano (via Italian)
- Romanian: plan (borrowing)
- Romansch: plàn, planiv
- Sardinian: pranu
- Sicilian: chianu
- Spanish: llano, plano (borrowing)
- Venetian: piàn
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek πλάνος (plános).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.nus/, [ˈpɫ̪änʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.nus/, [ˈpläːnus]
Noun
planus m (genitive planī); second declension
- a tramp, hobo, vagabond, bum
- a cheat, impostor
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | planus | planī |
| Genitive | planī | planōrum |
| Dative | planō | planīs |
| Accusative | planum | planōs |
| Ablative | planō | planīs |
| Vocative | plane | planī |
References
- “planus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “planus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- planus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- planus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- level country; plains: loca plana or simply plana
- level country; plains: loca plana or simply plana