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(adj.adv.) : plānus, a, um, adj.for placnus; root plac-; Gr. πλακοῦς; cf. 2. plaga, planca
* Even, level, flat, plane (class.; cf. aequor).
* Lit.: facilis et plana via,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47: planum et aequabile corpus universitatis,id. Univ. 5: planus et aequus locus,id. Caecin. 17, 50: litus,Caes. B. G. 4, 23: carina,id. ib. 3, 13: pisces,flat-fish,Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73: aedificia, quae plano pede instituuntur,on level ground,Vitr. 6, 11: postquam jacuit planum mare,Juv. 12, 62: planā faciem contundere palmā,flat,id. 13, 128.—Comp.: aditus planior,Liv. 34, 29.— Sup.: planissimus locus,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.
* Subst.: plānum, i, n., level ground, a plain: aciem in planum deducit,Sall. J. 49, 6: per planum ire,Ov. A. A. 2, 243: cadere in plano,id. Tr. 3, 4, 17: in planum deferre aliquid,Sen. Tranq. 10, 6: castra in plano erant,Flor. 4, 12, 59: de plano,on level ground,Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21: ad planiora,Vulg. Judic. 1, 34.—In partic., jurid. t. t.: e plano or de plano, on level ground, below, not on the bench, i. e. out of court, extrajudicially: aut e plano aut e quaesitoris tribunali,Suet. Tib. 33: custodiae non solum pro tribunali, sed et de plano audiri possunt,Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.
* Trop.
* Lowly, inconsiderable, humble (post-Aug.): haec magnanimitas melius in tribunali, quam in plano conspicitur,shows better in one of high than of low station,Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 3: fortunam suam in planum deferre,id. Tranq. 10, 6: de plano, without difficulty, easily (poet.): hoc tibi de plano possum promittere,Lucr. 1, 411.
* Plain, clear, distinct, intelligible (class.): satin' haec sunt tibi plana et certa!Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1: narrationes,Cic. Top. 26, 97: conjectatio,Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22: pol planum id quidem est,it is plain, clear, evident,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 32: planum facere, to make plain, clear, or intelligible, to set forth, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 1, 20, § 52; 2, 5, 64, § 165: planum facere multis testibus,id. ib. 1, 14, 40: planum facere atque probare,Lucr. 2, 932.
* Easy, free from danger: illam viam vitae, quam ante praecipitem et lubricam esse ducebat, huic planae et stabili praeponendam esse,Cic. Flac. 42, 105.—Hence, adv.: plānē, plainly, evenly; trop., simply, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly.
* Lit. (class.): videre,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 64: scribere,id. As. 4, 1, 10: scire,id. Truc. 2, 6, 9: plane loqui,Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 30: plane et dilucide loqui,Cic. de Or. 1, 32: plane et perspicue expedire aliquid,id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: plane et Latine loqui,to speak plainly, right out, without circumlocution,id. Phil. 7, 6, 17.—Comp.: quo pacto excludi potis est planius, quam, etc.,Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5: planius dicere (opp. dicere obscurius),Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329: planius atque apertius dicere,id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43: quid, hoc planius egissem, si, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: ostendere,Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273.—Sup.: apertissime planissimeque explicare,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156.
* Transf., wholly, entirely, completely, quite (class.), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 55: perdidisti mulierem,id. Ps. 4, 7, 115: illam plane amo,id. Capt. 3, 4, 6: carere sensu communi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: quod reliquos coheredes convenisti, plane bene,you have acted quite right,Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2: illud plane moleste tuli, quod, etc.,id. Fam. 3, 10, 11: non plane par,Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ex rebus penitus perspectis, planeque cognitis,Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108: propemodum, vel plane potius,id. Brut. 97, 332: explicari mihi tuum consilium plane volo, ut penitus intellegam,thoroughly,id. Att. 8, 12, 1: planissime perii,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 67: plane perfecteque eruditus,Cic. Brut. 81, 282: plane atque omnino rem defuisse,id. ib. 59, 214: plane cum,particularly as,Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.: et plane quid rectum esset diutius cogitare malui,Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.
* By all means, assuredly: eo acrius te rogo ut plane ad nos advoles,Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin.
* In partic., in affirmative answers, certainly, to be sure, exactly so (anteclass.): ego et domi privatus sum et perii. Ge. Plane istuc est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam argentum est ultro objectum, ut sit, qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.
* Besides, but (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.
* Even, level, flat, plane (class.; cf. aequor).
* Lit.: facilis et plana via,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 19: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47: planum et aequabile corpus universitatis,id. Univ. 5: planus et aequus locus,id. Caecin. 17, 50: litus,Caes. B. G. 4, 23: carina,id. ib. 3, 13: pisces,flat-fish,Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73: aedificia, quae plano pede instituuntur,on level ground,Vitr. 6, 11: postquam jacuit planum mare,Juv. 12, 62: planā faciem contundere palmā,flat,id. 13, 128.—Comp.: aditus planior,Liv. 34, 29.— Sup.: planissimus locus,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.
* Subst.: plānum, i, n., level ground, a plain: aciem in planum deducit,Sall. J. 49, 6: per planum ire,Ov. A. A. 2, 243: cadere in plano,id. Tr. 3, 4, 17: in planum deferre aliquid,Sen. Tranq. 10, 6: castra in plano erant,Flor. 4, 12, 59: de plano,on level ground,Dig. 13, 6, 5; Aus. Grat. Act. 21: ad planiora,Vulg. Judic. 1, 34.—In partic., jurid. t. t.: e plano or de plano, on level ground, below, not on the bench, i. e. out of court, extrajudicially: aut e plano aut e quaesitoris tribunali,Suet. Tib. 33: custodiae non solum pro tribunali, sed et de plano audiri possunt,Dig. 48, 18, 18; ib. 37, 1, 3.
* Trop.
* Lowly, inconsiderable, humble (post-Aug.): haec magnanimitas melius in tribunali, quam in plano conspicitur,shows better in one of high than of low station,Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 3: fortunam suam in planum deferre,id. Tranq. 10, 6: de plano, without difficulty, easily (poet.): hoc tibi de plano possum promittere,Lucr. 1, 411.
* Plain, clear, distinct, intelligible (class.): satin' haec sunt tibi plana et certa!Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 1: narrationes,Cic. Top. 26, 97: conjectatio,Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 22: pol planum id quidem est,it is plain, clear, evident,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 32: planum facere, to make plain, clear, or intelligible, to set forth, Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 1, 20, § 52; 2, 5, 64, § 165: planum facere multis testibus,id. ib. 1, 14, 40: planum facere atque probare,Lucr. 2, 932.
* Easy, free from danger: illam viam vitae, quam ante praecipitem et lubricam esse ducebat, huic planae et stabili praeponendam esse,Cic. Flac. 42, 105.—Hence, adv.: plānē, plainly, evenly; trop., simply, clearly, distinctly, intelligibly.
* Lit. (class.): videre,Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 64: scribere,id. As. 4, 1, 10: scire,id. Truc. 2, 6, 9: plane loqui,Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 30: plane et dilucide loqui,Cic. de Or. 1, 32: plane et perspicue expedire aliquid,id. Fin. 3, 5, 19: plane et Latine loqui,to speak plainly, right out, without circumlocution,id. Phil. 7, 6, 17.—Comp.: quo pacto excludi potis est planius, quam, etc.,Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5: planius dicere (opp. dicere obscurius),Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329: planius atque apertius dicere,id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43: quid, hoc planius egissem, si, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 27: ostendere,Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 273.—Sup.: apertissime planissimeque explicare,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 64, § 156.
* Transf., wholly, entirely, completely, quite (class.), Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 55: perdidisti mulierem,id. Ps. 4, 7, 115: illam plane amo,id. Capt. 3, 4, 6: carere sensu communi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 66: quod reliquos coheredes convenisti, plane bene,you have acted quite right,Cic. Att. 13, 6, 2: illud plane moleste tuli, quod, etc.,id. Fam. 3, 10, 11: non plane par,Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: ex rebus penitus perspectis, planeque cognitis,Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108: propemodum, vel plane potius,id. Brut. 97, 332: explicari mihi tuum consilium plane volo, ut penitus intellegam,thoroughly,id. Att. 8, 12, 1: planissime perii,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 67: plane perfecteque eruditus,Cic. Brut. 81, 282: plane atque omnino rem defuisse,id. ib. 59, 214: plane cum,particularly as,Inscr. Grut. 208; cf.: et plane quid rectum esset diutius cogitare malui,Cic. Att. 8, 12, 3.
* By all means, assuredly: eo acrius te rogo ut plane ad nos advoles,Cic. Att. 2, 24, 5 fin.
* In partic., in affirmative answers, certainly, to be sure, exactly so (anteclass.): ego et domi privatus sum et perii. Ge. Plane istuc est, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 57; id. Ps. 4, 7, 73: De. Etiam argentum est ultro objectum, ut sit, qui vivat, dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat Ge. Planissume, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.
* Besides, but (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 7; 32, 1, 52.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
plănus (noun M) = πλάνος:
* A juggler, impostor, cheat (class.; cf. erro): ille planus improbissimus,Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto crure planum attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.
* A juggler, impostor, cheat (class.; cf. erro): ille planus improbissimus,Cic. Clu. 26, 72: fracto crure planum attollere, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59; Petr. 82.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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