ή, όν, (< πλάτος) of or in latitude, θέσεις, ἀπόστασις, Procl. Hyp. 5.6, 8. metaph, broad, general, π. θεωρία, opp. μοιρική, Vett.Val. 112.25; π. καὶ καθολικὴ θ. Id. 289.15, cf. 243.3. of meanings of words, broad, wide, or involving breadth, ὁ κοινὸς καὶ π. τόπος in the broad sense, Simp. in Ph. 637.24; τὸ νῦν, οὐ τὸ π. ἀλλὰ τὸ ἄτομον Id. in Cael. 579.16; π. ἐστιν ὁ ἐνεστώς· οἱονεὶ γὰρ πλάτος ὑπεμφαίνει ὡς πρὸς τὸν… ἀκαριαῖον λεγόμενον χρόνον Choerob. in Theod. 2.12 H. Adv. -κῶς broadly speaking, Ach.Tat. Intr. Ar. 18, Vett.Val. 274.34, Simp. in Cat. 426.23, Phlp. in Cat. 46.19. π. ἐξήγησις detailed exegesis, Ammon. in Porph. 60.6; -κωτέραν τὴν ἴασιν εὑρήσεις ἐν… Paul.Aeg. 2.25. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, ἐξηγούμενος, opp. κεφαλαιωδῶς, Id. 6.53, cf. Eust. ad D.P. Proll. p. 71 B. (πλατυκ- is read in Eust. l.c., and as v.l. in inferior codd. of Phlp., Ammon. ll.cc., Simp. in Cael. l.c., Paul.Aeg. ll. cc. ; cf. Lat. platicus.)