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plătălĕa (plătĕa, Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115), ae, f., the spoonbill, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124.
† 1. plătēa (plătĕa, Cat. 15, 7; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 71), ae, f., = [?PLATEI = ?A
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- I. A broad way in a city, a street (class.): quis hic est qui in plateam ingreditur? Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 21: in hac habitasse plateă dictum est Chrysidem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 27: purae sunt plateae, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 71.
- II. An open space in a house, an area, court-yard (post-class.), Lampr. Elag. 24.