planeta

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

plănēta, ae (-tes, is), or plănēs, ētis, m., = πλανήτης, πλάνης,

a wandering star , planet (late Lat. for the class. stellae errantes, erraticae, errones).—Only plur. form planetae, Firm. Math. 2, 2; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 284; Isid. 3, 70, 20; 19, 24, 18; Aus. Eclog. de Nomin. Sept. Dier.: Inscr. Fabr. p. 709, n. 307.—Form planetes, Gell. 14, 1, 12.