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Plautus

Plautus

See also: plautus and pļautus

English

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Proper noun

Plautus

  1. A Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC) of the Old Latin period.

Related terms

Translations

plautus

plautus

See also: Plautus and pļautus

Latin

Adjective

plautus m (feminine plauta, neuter plautum); first/second declension

  1. wide, broad
  2. flat, level
  3. broad-shouldered

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative plautus plauta plautum plautī plautae plauta
genitive plautī plautae plautī plautōrum plautārum plautōrum
dative plautō plautō plautīs
accusative plautum plautam plautum plautōs plautās plauta
ablative plautō plautā plautō plautīs
vocative plaute plauta plautum plautī plautae plauta

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “plautus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill