πλατύς
Alt. πλα^τύς, εῖα, ύ,
I. ionic fem. πλατέα: — "wide, broad", Il.; αἰπόλια πλατέ᾽ αἰγῶν "broad" herds, i. e. "large or widespread", Hom.; π. πρόσοδοι Pind.
2. "flat, level", Hdt., Plat.; κάρυα τὰ πλατέα, i. e. chestnuts, Xen.
3. of a man, "broad-shouldered", Soph.
4. metaph., πλατὺς κατάγελως "flat" (i. e. downright) mockery, Ar.: neut. as adv., "flatly, merely", id=Ar.
5. πλατεῖα (sc. ὁδός), "a street", Lat. platea, Xen.:—(sub. χείρ), "the flat of the hand", Ar.
II. "salt, brackish", Hdt.