placo

See also: placò, plaĉo, płaco, and placo-

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplat͡so]

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• Rhymes: -at͡so
• Hyphenation: pla‧co

Noun

placo (accusative singular placon, plural placoj, accusative plural placojn)

1. public square, town square, plaza

Derived terms

• rondoplaco

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplat͡so/

Noun

placo (plural placi)

1. public square, plaza

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: plà‧co

Verb

placo

1. first-person singular present indicative of placare

Anagrams

• colpa, palco, polca

Latin

Etymology

Traditionally uncertain. The relation with Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“wide and flat”) offered by Pokorny is rejected by De Vaan, who suggests Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness or permission”), with only Tocharian relatives. If the laryngeal is h₂, a semantically difficult relationship could be drawn to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”), whence Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”). Related to placeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplaː.koː/, [ˈpɫ̪äːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ko/, [ˈpläːko]

Verb

plācō (present infinitive plācāre, perfect active plācāvī, supine plācātum); first conjugation

1. to appease
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.155–156:

     supplicibus verbīs illam plācāte: sub illā
     et fōrma et mōrēs et bona fāma manet.

     Appease her with humble supplications; under her [protection]
     abide [not only] beauty and character [but also] good reputation.
     (See Venus (mythology).)

2. to placate, pacify, assuage, soothe, calm, quiet

   Synonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, mītigō, compōnō, restinguō, commītigō, levō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō, sileō, molliō

   Antonyms: sollicitō, excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, efferō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, concitō, īnflammō, cieō, incendō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.142–143:

     Sīc ait, et dictō citius tumida aequora plācat,
     collēctāsque fugat nūbēs, sōlemque redūcit.

     Thus says [Neptune], and quicker than his speech he soothes the swollen waters, routs the gathered clouds, and brings back the sun.

3. to reconcile

Conjugation

Conjugation of plācō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	plācō	plācās	plācat	plācāmus	plācātis	plācant
	imperfect	plācābam	plācābās	plācābat	plācābāmus	plācābātis	plācābant
	future	plācābō	plācābis	plācābit	plācābimus	plācābitis	plācābunt
	perfect	plācāvī	plācāvistī	plācāvit	plācāvimus	plācāvistis	plācāvērunt, plācāvēre
	pluperfect	plācāveram	plācāverās	plācāverat	plācāverāmus	plācāverātis	plācāverant
	future perfect	plācāverō	plācāveris	plācāverit	plācāverimus	plācāveritis	plācāverint
passive	present	plācor	plācāris, plācāre	plācātur	plācāmur	plācāminī	plācantur
	imperfect	plācābar	plācābāris, plācābāre	plācābātur	plācābāmur	plācābāminī	plācābantur
	future	plācābor	plācāberis, plācābere	plācābitur	plācābimur	plācābiminī	plācābuntur
	perfect	plācātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	plācātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	plācātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	plācem	plācēs	plācet	plācēmus	plācētis	plācent
	imperfect	plācārem	plācārēs	plācāret	plācārēmus	plācārētis	plācārent
	perfect	plācāverim	plācāverīs	plācāverit	plācāverīmus	plācāverītis	plācāverint
	pluperfect	plācāvissem	plācāvissēs	plācāvisset	plācāvissēmus	plācāvissētis	plācāvissent
passive	present	plācer	plācēris, plācēre	plācētur	plācēmur	plācēminī	plācentur
	imperfect	plācārer	plācārēris, plācārēre	plācārētur	plācārēmur	plācārēminī	plācārentur
	perfect	plācātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	plācātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	plācā	—	—	plācāte	—
	future	—	plācātō	plācātō	—	plācātōte	plācantō
passive	present	—	plācāre	—	—	plācāminī	—
	future	—	plācātor	plācātor	—	—	plācantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		plācāre	plācāvisse	plācātūrum esse	plācārī	plācātum esse	plācātum īrī
participles		plācāns	—	plācātūrus	—	plācātus	plācandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		plācandī	plācandō	plācandum	plācandō	plācātum	plācātū

Derived terms

• plācātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: aplacar
• → English: placate
• Italian: placare
• → Portuguese: placar
• Romanian: placa
• → Spanish: placar

References

• “placo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “placo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• placo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to reconcile two people; to be a mediator: placare aliquem alicui or in aliquem
    
  • to appease the anger of the gods: deos placare (B. G. 6. 15)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in a bad temper: sibi displicere (opp. sibi placere)
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Portuguese

Verb

placo

1. first-person singular present indicative of placar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplako/ [ˈpla.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: pla‧co

Verb

placo

1. first-person singular present indicative of placar