Lewis Short
plătēa (noun F) = πλατεῖ?α: (plătĕa, Cat. 15, 7; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 71), , , = .
* A broad way in a city, a street (class.): quis hic est qui in plateam ingreditur?Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 21: in hac habitasse plateă dictum est Chrysidem,Ter. And. 4, 5, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 27: purae sunt plateae,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 71.
* An open space in a house, an area, court-yard (post-class.), Lampr. Elag. 24.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
plătĕa
* The spoonbill, Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115; v. platalea.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary