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Platonical

Platonical comes from Latin Platōnicus ‘Platonic, of or pertaining to Plato’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPlatōnicus‘Platonic, of or pertaining to Plato’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1570Platonical

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPlatōnicus‘Platonic, of or pertaining to Plato’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1570Platonical

Earliest quotation: 1570, John Dee, Elements of Geometry: “[T]he Pythagoricall, and Platonicall perfect scholer, and the constant…”

Equivalent to Platonic + -al

Latin Platōnicus ‘Platonic, of or pertaining to Plato’

English Platonic

Every English word from Latin Platōnicus

Today it means

adj Pertaining to Plato or his philosophy; Platonic.

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