Plataeae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Plătaeae, ārum, f., = Πλαταιαί,

I Plataea , a city in Boeotia , celebrated for a victory of the Greeks over the Persians , now Kokla , Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Arist. 2, 1; id. Paus. 1, 2; Just. 2, 12, 11 al.—Hence,

A Plătaeenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Plataea , the Plataeans , Nep. Milt. 5, 1; Just. 2, 9, 9.—

B Plătaeēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Plataea , Plataean : proelium, Vitr. 1, 1.