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1 DISH: PRINCIPAL DISH

[N]

CAENA: CAENAE CAPUT (N)

CENA: CENAE CAPUT (N)

English-Latin dictionary > DISH: PRINCIPAL DISH
2 (the) principal dish of the day

основная еда дня

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) principal dish of the day
3 dish

[dɪʃ]
n

1) блюдо, тарелка

When are you going to do the dishes? — Когда ты будешь мыть посуду?

He stayed to dry the dishes after his mother had washed them. — Он остался, чтобы вытереть посуду после того, как мать ее вымыла.

- large dish
- dirty dishes
- wooden dish
- bread dish
- butter dish
- soap dish
- baking dish
- combination dish
- breakfast dishes
- china dishes
- jam dish
- oval dish
- dish towel
- dish pan
- dish washer
- clear the dishes away
- dry the dishes
- wash the dish
2) блюдо, кушанье

The dish disagrees with me. — Эта еда мне противопоказана. /Это блюдо мне нельзя есть.

It's a standing dish here. — Здесь это неизменное блюдо.

The meal consisted of several dishes. — Обед состоял из нескольких блюд.

All the dishes were set upon the table. — Все яства были выставлены на стол.

We had the same dish. — Мы ели такое же блюдо.

I wondered what special dish she might prepare. — Я недоумевал, какое особое блюдо она могла приготовить

- tasty dish
- fattening dish
- a delicious dish

- vegetarian dish
- rich dish
- homely dish
- savoury sweet dish
- national dish
- smb's favourite dish
- dish gravy
- dish of my own invention
- dish of meat and vegetables
- principal dish of the day
- customary dish at Christmas
- cook a vegetable dish
- eat every dish to the end
- enjoy the dish
- garnish the dish with parsley
- prepare Oriental dishes
- select the dishes we want
- serve the dish hot

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > dish
4 DISH

[N]

LANX (LANCIS) (F)

CATINUS (-I) (M)

MAZONOMUS (-I) (M)

MAZONOMON (-I) (N)

PAROPSIS (-IDIS) (F)

PATINA (-AE) (F)

PATENA (-AE) (F)

PATELLA (-AE) (F)

VAS (VASIS) (N)

CENA (-AE) (F)

CAENA (-AE) (F)

COENA (-AE) (F)

EPULUM (-I) (N)

CAESNA (-AE) (F)

CATILLUM (-I) (N)

FERCUIUM (-I) (N)

VASUM (-I) (N)

- KIND OF DISH

- LITTLE DISH

- PRINCIPAL DISH

- SMALL DISH

English-Latin dictionary > DISH
5 dish

[diʃ]
noun

1) (a plate, bowl etc in which food is brought to the table: a large shallow dish.) prato

2) (food mixed and prepared for the table: She served us an interesting dish containing chicken and almonds.) prato

•

- dishwasher
- dish-washing
- dishwater
- dish out
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[diʃ] n 1 prato, iguaria. 2 travessa, tigela, qualquer recipiente em forma de prato, tigela. 3 arch xícara, etc. 4 cavidade. 5 Min recipiente para medir minério. 6 sl mulher bonita. 7 dishes utensílios para servir à mesa. • vt+vi 1 pôr ou servir numa travessa ou prato. 2 fazer ou tornar côncavo. 3 coll frustrar, desapontar, lograr. I am dished up estou perdido. made dish prato composto de vários ingredientes. side dish prato que acompanha o prato principal. standing dish prato trivial cotidiano. to dish it out aplicar punição, repreender. to dish out distribuir, entregar. to dish the dirt sl futricar, mexericar. to dish up an old story repisar uma velha história. to dish up 1 servir, pôr na mesa. 2 apresentar de maneira atrativa. to do the dishes lavar a louça.

English-Portuguese dictionary > dish
6 side dish

side dish

prato que acompanha o prato principal.

English-Portuguese dictionary > side dish
7 plato principal

m.

main course, piece de resistance, entrée, main dish.

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(n.) = entrée, main entrée

Ex. It can be made from any mashed starchy vegetable and used as an accompaniment for a meat or fish entree.

Ex. At least 20 different main entree items, side entree items and appetizers will be made available to taste.

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(n.) = entrée, main entrée

Ex: It can be made from any mashed starchy vegetable and used as an accompaniment for a meat or fish entree.

Ex: At least 20 different main entree items, side entree items and appetizers will be made available to taste.

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plato principal

main course

Spanish-English dictionary > plato principal
8 plat principal

the main course ou dish

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > plat principal
9 plato principal

• main course

• main dish

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > plato principal
10 Plat principal

main dish.

Alimentation Glossaire français-anglais > Plat principal
11 main dish

s.

plato principal, plato de fondo, plato fuerte.

Nuevo Diccionario Inglés-Español > main dish
12 caput

caput itis, n [CAP-], the head: Capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: caput obnubito, L.: capitis nives, H.: capite operto: aperire: velare, L.: abscindere cervicibus: capite demisso: attollere, O.: extollere, to become bold: breve (equi), H.: coronatum (bovis), Tb.: per caput pedesque ire, heels over head, Ct.: dux cum exercitu supra caput est, i. e. is ready to fall upon us, S.: capita conferre, to lay heads together, i. e. to confer in secret, L.: caput aut collum petere, strike at the vital parts: haec alias inter caput extulit urbes, towers, i. e. excels, V.: aliena negotia Per caput saliunt, run through the head, i. e. the mind, H.: capitis labor, mental exertion, H. — Meton., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity: iocur sine capite (of a sacrifice), L.: in extis, O.: tignorum, Cs.: cornu duxit, donec curvata coirent capita, the ends, V. — The origin, source, spring, head (of a river), L.: caput unde erumpit Enipeus, V.: celsis caput urbibus exit, my source springs among great cities, V.—The mouth, embouchure (rare): multis capitibus in Oceanum influit, Cs.—Of plants: diducere terram ad capita, the roots, V.: papavera demisere caput, the heads, V.: capitum iugatio, branches (of the vine). — Of mountains, the summit: capita aspera montis, V. — Of persons, a head, person: ridiculum caput! T.: carum, V.: duo haec capita taeterrima: ignota, L.: di capiti ipsius reservent, for himself, V.: capiti cane talia Dardanio rebusque tuis, i. e. for Aeneas and yourself, V.: Perfidum, H.: de sacrando cum bonis capite alcuius, L.: ut caput Iovi sacraretur, L.—With numerals: capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII, souls, Cs.: nullum caput Proserpina fugit, H.: in capita, to each person, L.; cf. sus Triginta capitum fetūs enixa, V.—Fig., life, physical life: Capitis periculum adire, to risk life, T.: caput obiectare periclis, V.: capitis poena, capital punishment, Cs.: certamen capitis et famae: ut capite dimices tuo, L.: caput offerre pro patriā: patrium tibi crede caput (i. e. patris vitam), O.: accusatus capitis absolvitur, of a capital crime, N.: Sthenium capite damnare.—Civil life, personality, civil rights, liberty and citizenship: capitis causae, involving citizenship: iudicium capitis: capitis deminutio, loss of civil rights, Cs.—Poet.: capitis minor, H.—Of persons, a leader, chief, guide: concitandorum Graecorum: capita nominis Latini, heads, chiefs, L.: ut se Suevorum caput credant, chief tribe, Ta.: capita coniurationis securi percussi, L.: illic est huic rei caput, author, contriver, T.: ab illo fonte et capite Socrate: corpori valido caput deerat, leader, L.: ipsum Expugnare caput, the great man himself, H. —A head, chief, capital: Thebae totius Graeciae, first city, N.: Roma, orbis terrarum, L.: castellum eius regionis, principal place, L.: Romam caput Latio esse, L.: ius nigrum, cenae caput, principal dish: fundus, vestrae pecuniae, chief source of income: caput esse artis, decere, the note, characteristic: ad consilium de re p. dandum caput est nosse rem p., first qualification: caput litterarum cum alquo, reason for corresponding: Epicuri, chief dogma: caput belli et summa, V.—In writings, a division, paragraph, chapter: legis: caput Annianum de hereditatibus, passage in the will of A.— Of money, the principal sum, capital, stock: quibus ille de capite dempsisset, reduced their debts: de capite deducite alqd, L.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecet, extort sixty per centum, H.
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capitis N N

head; person; life; leader; top; source/mouth (river); capital (punishment); heading; chapter, principal division

caput super pedibus -- head over heels

Latin-English dictionary > caput
13 capud

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:
capiti,
Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
I.
The head, of men and animals:
oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,
Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:
tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,
cano capite,
id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:
capitis nives,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:
raso capite calvus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:
irraso,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:
intonsum,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:
amputare alicui,
Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:
capite operto,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:
obvoluto,
id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:
caput aperire,
id. ib.:
abscindere cervicibus,
id. ib. 11, 2, 5:
demittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:
extollere,
to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
b.
Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:
ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,
over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:
nec caput nec pedes,
neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
c.
Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
d.
Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:
aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,
run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
e.
Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
2.
Transf., of inanimate things.
a.
In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):
ulpici,
Cato, R. R. 71:
allii,
Col. 6, 34, 1:
porri,
id. 11, 3, 17:
papaveris,
Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:
bulborum,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:
caulis,
id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:
jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),
Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:
extorum,
Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:
tignorum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9:
columnae,
Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:
molis,
the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:
xysti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:
porticus,
id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
b.
Esp., of rivers,
(α).
The origin, source, spring ( head):
caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,
Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:
fontium,
Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
(β).
(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
c.
Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:
vitis,
id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
d.
Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
e.
Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
f.
Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;
hence, facere,
to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
II.
Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;
v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:
hoc conruptum'st caput,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:
siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:
ridiculum caput!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:
festivum,
id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:
lepidum,
id. ib. 5, 9, 9:
carum,
Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:
liberum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:
vilia,
Liv. 25, 6, 9:
viliora,
id. 9, 26, 22:
vilissima,
id. 24, 5, 13:
ignota,
id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:
liberorum servorumque,
id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:
istic capiti dicito,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
vae capiti tuo,
id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:
capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,
souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:
quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:
in singulos,
id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:
exactio capitum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,
capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,
Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
III.
Trop.
1.
Life, and specif.,
a.
Physical life:
carum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:
si capitis res siet,
if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:
capitis poena,
capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
pactum pro capite pretium,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 38:
cum dimicatione capitis,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
suo capite decernere,
id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:
caput offerre pro patriā,
Cic. Sull. 30, 84:
patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,
Ov. M. 8, 94; so,
capitis accusare,
to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:
absolvere,
id. Milt. 7, 6:
damnare,
id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:
tergo ac capite puniri,
Liv. 3, 55, 14:
caput Jovi sacrum,
id. 3, 55, 7:
sacratum,
id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
b.
Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;
cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,
Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:
capitis minor,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:
servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,
Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
2.
The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).
(α).
With gen.:
scelerum,
an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:
perjuri,
id. ib. 4, 4, 55:
concitandorum Graecorum,
Cic. Fl. 18, 42:
consilil,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
conjurationis,
id. 9, 26, 7:
caput rei Romanae Camillus,
id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,
id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:
reipublicae,
Tac. A. 1, 13:
nominis Latini,
heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:
belli,
id. 45, 7, 3:
Suevorum,
chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:
capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,
Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
(β).
With esse and dat.:
ego caput fui argento reperiundo,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:
illic est huic rei caput,
author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
(γ).
Absol.:
urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:
corpori valido caput deerat,
guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:
esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,
id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;
thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,
head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:
pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,
Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:
Romam caput Latio esse,
id. 8, 4, 5; and:
brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,
id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:
castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,
the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:
jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,
the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:
patrimonii publici,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:
caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;
ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:
litterarum,
summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:
caput Epicuri,
the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:
a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:
id quod caput est,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;
opp. usurae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capud
14 caput

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:
capiti,
Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
I.
The head, of men and animals:
oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,
Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:
tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,
cano capite,
id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:
capitis nives,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:
raso capite calvus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:
irraso,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:
intonsum,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:
amputare alicui,
Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:
capite operto,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:
obvoluto,
id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:
caput aperire,
id. ib.:
abscindere cervicibus,
id. ib. 11, 2, 5:
demittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:
extollere,
to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
b.
Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:
ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,
over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:
nec caput nec pedes,
neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
c.
Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
d.
Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:
aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,
run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
e.
Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
2.
Transf., of inanimate things.
a.
In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):
ulpici,
Cato, R. R. 71:
allii,
Col. 6, 34, 1:
porri,
id. 11, 3, 17:
papaveris,
Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:
bulborum,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:
caulis,
id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:
jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),
Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:
extorum,
Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:
tignorum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9:
columnae,
Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:
molis,
the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:
xysti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:
porticus,
id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
b.
Esp., of rivers,
(α).
The origin, source, spring ( head):
caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,
Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:
fontium,
Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
(β).
(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
c.
Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:
vitis,
id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
d.
Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
e.
Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
f.
Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;
hence, facere,
to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
II.
Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;
v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:
hoc conruptum'st caput,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:
siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:
ridiculum caput!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:
festivum,
id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:
lepidum,
id. ib. 5, 9, 9:
carum,
Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:
liberum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:
vilia,
Liv. 25, 6, 9:
viliora,
id. 9, 26, 22:
vilissima,
id. 24, 5, 13:
ignota,
id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:
liberorum servorumque,
id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:
istic capiti dicito,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
vae capiti tuo,
id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:
capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,
souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:
quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:
in singulos,
id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:
exactio capitum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,
capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,
Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
III.
Trop.
1.
Life, and specif.,
a.
Physical life:
carum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:
si capitis res siet,
if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:
capitis poena,
capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
pactum pro capite pretium,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 38:
cum dimicatione capitis,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
suo capite decernere,
id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:
caput offerre pro patriā,
Cic. Sull. 30, 84:
patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,
Ov. M. 8, 94; so,
capitis accusare,
to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:
absolvere,
id. Milt. 7, 6:
damnare,
id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:
tergo ac capite puniri,
Liv. 3, 55, 14:
caput Jovi sacrum,
id. 3, 55, 7:
sacratum,
id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
b.
Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;
cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,
Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:
capitis minor,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:
servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,
Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
2.
The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).
(α).
With gen.:
scelerum,
an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:
perjuri,
id. ib. 4, 4, 55:
concitandorum Graecorum,
Cic. Fl. 18, 42:
consilil,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
conjurationis,
id. 9, 26, 7:
caput rei Romanae Camillus,
id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,
id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:
reipublicae,
Tac. A. 1, 13:
nominis Latini,
heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:
belli,
id. 45, 7, 3:
Suevorum,
chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:
capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,
Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
(β).
With esse and dat.:
ego caput fui argento reperiundo,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:
illic est huic rei caput,
author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
(γ).
Absol.:
urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:
corpori valido caput deerat,
guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:
esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,
id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;
thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,
head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:
pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,
Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:
Romam caput Latio esse,
id. 8, 4, 5; and:
brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,
id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:
castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,
the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:
jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,
the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:
patrimonii publici,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:
caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;
ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:
litterarum,
summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:
caput Epicuri,
the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:
a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:
id quod caput est,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;
opp. usurae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caput
15 kaput

căpŭt ( kăp-căpud), ĭtis ( abl. sing. regularly capite:
capiti,
Cat. 68, 124; cf. Tib. 1, 1, 72 Huschk., where the MSS., as well as Caes. German. Arat. 213, vary between the two forms), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. kap-āla; Gr. keph-alê; Goth. haubith; Germ. Haupt].
I.
The head, of men and animals:
oscitat in campis caput a cervice revolsum,
Enn. Ann. 462 Vahl.: i lictor, conliga manus, caput obnubito, form. ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. Liv. 1, 26, 6:
tun' capite cano amas, homo nequissume?
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 34; so,
cano capite,
id. As. 5, 2, 84; id. Cas. 3, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Pers. 1, 83 al.; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 43, and:
capitis nives,
Hor. C. 4, 13, 12, and Quint. 8, 6, 17 Spald.:
raso capite calvus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306:
irraso,
id. Rud. 5, 2, 16:
intonsum,
Quint. 12, 10, 47:
amputare alicui,
Suet. Galb. 20; Vulg. 1 Par. 10, 9:
capite operto,
Cic. Sen. 10, 34, 34:
obvoluto,
id. Phil. 2, 31, 77 Klotz:
caput aperire,
id. ib.:
abscindere cervicibus,
id. ib. 11, 2, 5:
demittere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32; Cat. 87, 8; Verg. A. 9, 437: attollere. Ov. M. 5, 503:
extollere,
to become bold, Cic. Planc. 13, 33: efferre, to raise one ' s head, to be eminent, Verg. E. 1, 25 al.—Of animals, Tib. 2, 1, 8; Hor. S. 1, 2, 89; 2, 3, 200; id. Ep. 1, 1, 76 al.—
b.
Prov.: supra caput esse, to be over one ' s head, i. e. to be at one ' s very doors, to threaten in consequence of nearness ( = imminere, impendere), Sall. C. 52, 24; Liv. 3, 17, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6; Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. Kritz ad Sall. l. l.: capita conferre (like our phrase to put heads together, i. e to confer together in secret), Liv. 2, 45, 7:
ire praecipitem in lutum, per caputque pedesque,
over head and ears, Cat. 17, 9:
nec caput nec pedes,
neither beginning nor end, good for nothing, Cic. Fam. 7, 31, 2; cf. Cato ap. Liv. Epit. lib. 50; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 139 sq.—
c.
Capita aut navia (al. navim), heads or tails, a play of the Roman youth in which a piece of money is thrown up, to see whether the figure-side (the head of Janus) or the reverse - side (a ship) will fall uppermost, Macr. S. 1, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 3; cf. Ov. F. 1, 239; Paul. Nol. Poëm. 38, 73.—
d.
Poet., the head, as the seat of the understanding:
aliena negotia Per caput saliunt,
run through the head, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34; so id. ib. 2, 3, 132; id. A. P. 300.—
e.
Ad Capita bubula, a place in Rome in the tenth region, where Augustus was born, Suet. Aug. 5.—
2.
Transf., of inanimate things.
a.
In gen., the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity (beginning or end):
ulpici,
Cato, R. R. 71:
allii,
Col. 6, 34, 1:
porri,
id. 11, 3, 17:
papaveris,
Liv. 1, 54, 6; Verg. A. 9, 437:
bulborum,
Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 94:
caulis,
id. 19, 8, 41, § 140 al.:
jecoris (or jecinoris, jocinoris),
Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf. id. 27, 26, 14; 41, 14, 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 244 Müll.:
extorum,
Ov. M. 15, 795; Luc. 1, 627; Plin. 11, 37, 73, § 189: pontis, tēte de pont, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 4; cf. Front. Arat. 2, 13, 5:
tignorum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 9:
columnae,
Plin. 34, 3, 7, § 13:
molis,
the highest point of the mole, Curt. 4, 2, 23:
xysti,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 20:
porticus,
id. ib. 5, 6, 19 al.—
b.
Esp., of rivers,
(α).
The origin, source, spring ( head):
caput aquae illud est, unde aqua nascitur,
Dig. 43, 20, 1, § 8; so Lucr. 5, 270; 6, 636; 6, 729; Tib. 1, 7, 24; Hor. C. 1, 1, 22; id. S. 1, 10, 37; Verg. G. 4, 319; 4, 368; Ov. M. 2, 255; Hirt. B. G. 8, 41; Liv. 1, 51, 9; 2, 38, 1; 37, 18, 6:
fontium,
Vitr. 8, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 8; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5; 10, 91, 1 al.—
(β).
(more rare) The mouth, embouchure, Caes. B. G. 4, 10; Liv. 33, 41, 7; Luc. 2, 52; 3, 202.—
c.
Also of plants, sometimes the root, Cato, R. R. 36; 43; 51:
vitis,
id. ib. 33, 1; 95, 2; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 195; Verg. G. 2, 355.—
d.
Also, in reference to the vine, vine branches, Col. 3, 10, 1; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.— Poet., also the summit, top of trees, Enn. ap. Gell. 13, 20, and ap. Non. 195, 24; Ov. M. 1, 567; Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 90; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 370. —
e.
Of mountains, rocks, Verg. A. 4, 249; 6, 360.—
f.
Of a boil that swells out, Cels. 8, 9;
hence, facere,
to come to a head, Plin. 22, 25, 76, § 159; 26, 12, 77, § 125; cf.: capita deorum appellabantur fasciculi facti ex verbenis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64 Müll.—
II.
Per meton. (pars pro toto), a man, person, or animal (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf. kara, kephalê,, in the same signif.;
v. Liddell and Scott and Robinson): pro capite tuo quantum dedit,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 54; id. Pers. 1, 1, 37:
hoc conruptum'st caput,
id. Ep. 1, 1, 85:
siquidem hoc vivet caput, i. e. ego,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 33; so id. Stich. 5, 5, 10; cf. id. Capt. 5, 1, 25:
ridiculum caput!
Ter. And. 2, 2, 34:
festivum,
id. Ad. 2, 3, 8:
lepidum,
id. ib. 5, 9, 9:
carum,
Verg. A. 4, 354; Hor. C. 1, 24, 2:
liberum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:
vilia,
Liv. 25, 6, 9:
viliora,
id. 9, 26, 22:
vilissima,
id. 24, 5, 13:
ignota,
id. 3, 7, 7; cf. id. 2, 5, 6:
liberorum servorumque,
id. 29, 29, 3 al. —In imprecations:
istic capiti dicito,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 47; cf.:
vae capiti tuo,
id. Most. 4, 3, 10; so id. Poen. 3, 3, 32; Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4; Tib. 1, 2, 12; Verg. A. 8, 484; 11, 399 al.—With numerals:
capitum Helvetiorum milia CCLXIII.,
souls, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; 4, 15:
quot capitum vivunt, totidem studiorum Milia,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 27; id. Ep. 2, 2, 189; cf. id. C. 1, 28, 20 al.; so, in capita, in distribution, to or for each person (cf. in Heb. also, for each head, poll, = for each individual, v. Robinson in h. v.), Liv. 2, 33, 11; 32, 17, 2; 34, 50, 6 al. (cf.:
in singulos,
id. 42, 4, 5).—Of. the poll-tax:
exactio capitum,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; so,
capite censi, v. censeo.—Of animals,
Verg. A. 3, 391; Col. 6, 5, 4 fin.; 8, 5, 4; 8, 5, 7; 8, 11, 13; Veg. Vet. 1, 18.—
III.
Trop.
1.
Life, and specif.,
a.
Physical life:
carum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 33 sq.; 5, 1, 26:
si capitis res siet,
if it is a matter of life and death, id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: capitis periculum adire, to risk one ' s life, Ter. And. 4, 1, 53; id. Hec. 3, 1, 54; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6 Runnk.:
capitis poena,
capital punishment, Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
pactum pro capite pretium,
Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
cum altero certamen honoris et dignitatis est, cum altero capitis et famae,
id. ib. 1, 12, 38:
cum dimicatione capitis,
id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:
suo capite decernere,
id. Att. 10, 9, 2; so Liv. 2, 12, 10; Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 64; Liv. 9, 5, 5:
caput offerre pro patriā,
Cic. Sull. 30, 84:
patrium tibi crede caput, i. e. patris vitam et salutem,
Ov. M. 8, 94; so,
capitis accusare,
to accuse of a capital crime, Nep. Paus. 2 fin.:
absolvere,
id. Milt. 7, 6:
damnare,
id. Alcib. 4, 5; id. Eum. 5, 1:
tergo ac capite puniri,
Liv. 3, 55, 14:
caput Jovi sacrum,
id. 3, 55, 7:
sacratum,
id. 10, 38, 3 al.; cf. Ov. M. 9, 296.—
b.
Civil or political life, acc. to the Roman idea, including the rights of liberty, citizenship, [p. 290] and family (libertatis, civitatis, familiae): its loss or deprivation was called deminutio or minutio capitis, acc. to the foll. jurid. distinction: capitis deminutionis tria genera sunt: maxima, media, minima; tria enim sunt, quae habemus: libertatem, civitatem, familiam. Igitur cum omnia haec amittimus (as by servitude or condemnation to death), maximam esse capitis deminutionem; cum vero amittimus civitatem (as in the interdictio aquae et ignis) libertatem retinemus, mediam esse capitis deminutionem;
cum et libertas et civitas retinetur, familia tantum mutatur (as by adoption, or, in the case of women, by marriage) minimam esse capitis deminutionem constat,
Dig. 4, 5, 11; cf. Just. Inst. 1, 16, 4; Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 181; 1, 54, 231; id. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; Liv. 3, 55, 14; 22, 60, 15:
capitis minor,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 42:
servus manumissus capite non minuitur, quia nulnum caput habuit,
Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1.—Of the deminutio media, Cic. Brut. 36, 136; id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, §§ 98 and 99; id. Quint. 2, 8 al.—Of the deminutio minima, Cic. Top. 4, 18; cf. Gai Inst. 1, 162.—
2.
The first or chief person or thing, the head, leader, chief, guide (very freq.).
(α).
With gen.:
scelerum,
an arrant knave, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 14; id. Ps. 1, 5, 31; 4, 5, 3; id. Rud. 4, 4, 54:
perjuri,
id. ib. 4, 4, 55:
concitandorum Graecorum,
Cic. Fl. 18, 42:
consilil,
Liv. 8, 31, 7:
conjurationis,
id. 9, 26, 7:
caput rei Romanae Camillus,
id. 6, 3, 1; cf.:
caput rerum Masinissam fuisse,
id. 28, 35, 12; so id. 26, 40, 13:
reipublicae,
Tac. A. 1, 13:
nominis Latini,
heads, chiefs, Liv. 1, 52, 4:
belli,
id. 45, 7, 3:
Suevorum,
chieftribe, Tac. G. 39 fin. al.—The predicate in gen. masc.:
capita conjurationis ejus virgis caesi ac securi percussi,
Liv. 10, 1, 3.—
(β).
With esse and dat.:
ego caput fui argento reperiundo,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 138; cf.:
illic est huic rei caput,
author, contriver, Ter. And. 2, 6, 27; so id. Ad. 4, 2, 29 al.—
(γ).
Absol.:
urgerent philosophorum greges, jam ab illo fonte et capite Socrate,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:
corpori valido caput deerat,
guide, leader, Liv. 5, 46, 5:
esse aliquod caput (i. e. regem) placebat,
id. 1, 17, 4; cf. id. 1, 23, 4; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74 al.—Of things, head, chief, capital, etc.;
thus of cities: Thebas caput fuisse totius Graeciae,
head, first city, Nep. Epam. 10 fin.; so with gen., Liv. 9, 37, 12; 10, 37, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 23, 11, 11; 37, 18, 3 (with arx); cf.:
pro capite atque arce Italiae, urbe Romanā,
Liv. 22, 32, 5; and with dat.:
Romam caput Latio esse,
id. 8, 4, 5; and:
brevi caput Italiae omni Capuam fore,
id. 23, 10, 2 Drak. N. cr. —Of other localities:
castellum quod caput ejus regionis erat,
the head, principal place, Liv. 21, 33, 11.—Of other things:
jus nigrum, quod cenae caput erat,
the principal dish, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; cf. id. Fin. 2, 8, 25:
patrimonii publici,
id. Agr. 1, 7, 21; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 80; Liv. 6, 14, 10: caput esse artis, decere, the main or principal point, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 132:
caput esse ad beate vivendum securitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 45: ad consilium de re publicā dandum caput est nosse rem publicam;
ad dicendum vero probabiliter, nosse mores civitatis,
id. de Or. 2, 82, 337; 1, 19, 87:
litterarum,
summary, purport, substance, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77:
caput Epicuri,
the fundamental principle, dogma, id. Ac. 2, 32, 101; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 27: rerum, the chief or central point, head, Cic. Brut. 44, 164.—So in writings, a division, section, paragraph, chapter, etc.:
a primo capite legis usque ad extremum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 118 Ascon.; id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; Gell. 2, 15, 4 al.; Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 223; id. Fam. 7, 22 med.; Quint. 10, 7, 32:
id quod caput est,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 4; so id. Fam. 3, 7, 4.—Of money, the principal sum, the capital, stock (syn. sors;
opp. usurae),
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11; 2, 3, 35, § 80 sq.; id. Att. 15, 26, 4; Liv. 6, 15, 10; 6, 35, 4; Hor. S. 1, 2, 14 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > kaput
16 fundus

fundus, i, m. [Sanscr. budh-nas, ground; Gr. puthmên, pundax; O. H. Germ. Bodam; Germ. Boden; v. fodio], the bottom of any thing (class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
armarii fundum exsecuit,
the bottom of the chest, Cic. Clu. 64, 179:
ollae,
Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60:
scyphi,
Dig. 41, 1, 26:
(Aetna) fundo exaestuat imo,
from the lowest bottom, Verg. A. 3, 577; cf.:
imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,
id. ib. 2, 419:
amnis fundo carens,
Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 122:
maris,
Vulg. Judith, 5, 12:
calicis,
id. Isa. 51, 17.—Prov.:
largitio fundum non habet,
there is no end of giving, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55.—
* 2.
Transf. (pars pro toto), a cup:
hi duo longaevo censentur Nestore fundi,
Mart. 8, 6, 9.—
B.
In partic., a piece of land, a farm, estate (syn.: praedium, villa): fundi appellatione omne aedificium et omnis ager continetur; sed in usu urbana aedificia aedes, rustica villae dicuntur;
locus vero sine aedificio in urbe area, rure autem ager appellatur: idemque ager cum aedificio fundus dicitur,
Dig. 50, 16, 211; Cic. Agr. 3, 2 fin.:
cum inprobata sit eorum sententia qui putaverint furtivum fundum fieri posse,
Gai. Inst. 2, 51; cf.: non hominum tantum neque rerum moventium... sed fundi quoque et aedium fieri furtum, Masur. Sab. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 13:
cui nostrum non licet fundos nostros obire?
Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249:
nunquam tam mane egredior, quin te in fundo conspicer fodere,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16; Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224; Cic. Caecin. 36, 104; id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Fam. 13, 69, 2; [p. 794] Quint. 4, 2, 131:
dulcia poma feret cultus tibi fundus,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 13 et saep.:
euge, fundi et aedes, per tempus subvenistis mihi,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 84; cf.:
si quidem habes fundum atque aedis,
id. ib. 1, 2, 75:
nostri fundi calamitas,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 34:
quasi non fundis exornatae multae incedant per vias,
i. e. with the price of a farm, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 42:
unumne fundum pulcherrimum populi Romani, disperire patiemini?
Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:
nunc is nobis fundus est, i. e. ex quo fructus capiamus,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 15 Spengel ad loc.—
Prov.: fundum alienum arat, incultum familiarem deserit,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24.—
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen.: fluxas Phrygiae res vertere fundo, i. e. from its foundation, = funditus, Verg. A. 10, 88:
cenae,
the principal dish, Gell. 17, 8, 2.—
B.
In partic., publicists' t. t., qs. one who lays the foundation for the decision of a thing, one that approves a thing or ratifies it, the approver (syn. auctor): fundus dicitur populus esse rei, quam alienat, hoc est auctor, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll.:
non ut hujus sententiae legisque fundus fierem,
Gell. 19, 8, 12:
negat ex foederato populo quemquam potuisse, nisi is populus fundus factus esset, in hanc civitatem venire, etc.,
Cic. Balb. 8, 19 (where Cicero gives to this legal principle another meaning); cf.:
quid enim potuit dici imperitius quam foederatos populos fieri fundos oportere?
id. ib. 8, 20; 11, 27;
18, 42: municipes sunt cives Romani ex municipiis, legibus suis et suo jure utentes... neque ulla populi Romani lege astricti, nisi populus eorum fundus factus est,
Gell. 16, 13, 6.—
2.
Transf. (ante- and post-class., and rare):
ut, quae cum ejus filio egi, ei rei fundus pater sit potior,
may officially confirm, Plaut. Trin. 5, 1, 7; cf. Gell. 19, 8, 12; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 89 Müll. supra.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fundus
17 plato

m.

1 plate, dish.

lavar los platos to wash the dishes, to do the washing-up (British)

pagar los platos rotos (figurative) to carry the can

parece que no ha roto un plato en su vida (figurative) he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

plato hondo o sopero soup dish o plate

plato llano plate

plato de postre dessert plate

2 course (parte de una comida).

primer plato first course, starter

de primer plato for starters

segundo plato second course, main course

plato fuerte main course; (en una comida) main part (figurative)

su actuación es el plato fuerte de la noche her performance is the night's main event

plato principal main course

3 dish (food).

plato combinado = single-course meal which usually consists of meat or fish accompanied by chips and vegetables

plato del día dish of the day

plato precocinado pre-cooked meal

plato preparado ready-made meal

plato típico typical dish

4 turntable.

5 chain wheel.

6 clay pigeon (sport).

7 film set.

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plato

► nombre masculino

1 (recipiente) plate, dish

2 COCINA dish

■ hace unos platos buenísimos he's a wonderful cook

3 (en comida) course

■ de primer plato hay sopa y de segundo pescado we've got soup for starters and fish for the main course

4 (de una balanza) pan

5 (de un tocadiscos) turntable

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FRASEOLOGÍA

fregar/lavar los platos to do the dishes, do the washing-up

pagar los platos rotos familiar to take the blame, carry the can

tener cara de no haber roto un plato (en la vida) familiar to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

plato combinado single-course meal with different things together on one plate

plato de postre dessert plate

plato fuerte (de una comida) main course 2 (de un acto) main attraction 3 (de un espectáculo) star attraction

plato hondo soup plate, soup dish

plato llano dinner plate

plato sopero soup plate, soup dish

* * *

noun m.

1) dish

2) plate

3) course

* * *

SM

1) (=recipiente) [para comer] plate; [de balanza] pan

fregar los platos — to wash o do the dishes, wash up

- pagar los platos rotos

- estar en el plato y en la tajada

- del plato a la boca se pierde la sopa

plato de postre — dessert plate

plato frutero — fruit dish

plato hondo — soup dish, soup plate

plato llano — dinner plate

plato sopero — soup dish, soup plate

2) (=contenido del plato) plate, plateful

un plato de arroz — a plate o plateful of rice

- vender algo por un plato de lentejas

3) (Culin) [en menú] course; (=guiso) dish

un menú de tres platos — a three-course meal

es un plato típico español — it's a typical Spanish dish

es mi plato favorito — it's my favourite dish

- no es plato de mi gusto

- comen del mismo plato

- ser plato de segunda mesa

plato central — Ven main course

plato combinado — set main course, meat or fish etc served with vegetable accompaniment as one dish

plato de fondo — main course

plato dulce — sweet course

plato fuerte — (=comida principal) main course; (=abundante) big meal; (=tema principal) main topic, central theme; (=punto fuerte) strong point

plato precocinado — pre-cooked meal

plato preparado — ready-to-serve meal

plato principal — main course

4) [de tocadiscos] turntable

plato giradiscos, plato giratorio — turntable

5)

plato de (la) ducha — shower tray

6) (Téc) plate

7) (Dep)

tiro al plato — clay pigeon shooting

8) Cono Sur
*
es un plato — (=guapo) he's a dish *, he's very dishy *

¡qué plato! — (=divertido) what a laugh!

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( utensilio) plate

lavar or fregar los platos — to wash o do the dishes

no haber roto un plato — (fam)

tiene cara de no haber roto un plato en su vida — she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth (colloq)

pagar los platos rotos — to pay the consequences

b) ( para taza) tb

platito — saucer

- plato de postre

- plato hondo or sopero

- plato llano or playo or bajo or extendido

2) ( contenido) plate, plateful

me comí dos platos — I had two helpings o platefuls

3)

a) ( receta) dish

plato típico — typical dish

no es plato de gusto — it's no fun (colloq)

b) ( en una comida) course

una comida de cuatro platos — a four-course meal

¿qué hay de segundo plato? — what's for (the) main course?

- plato central

- plato combinado

- plato del día

- plato fuerte

4)

a) ( de balanza) (scale) pan

b) ( de tocadiscos) turntable

c) (Dep) clay pigeon

d) ( en béisbol) home plate

5) (AmS fam) (situación, persona divertida) scream (colloq)

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( utensilio) plate

lavar or fregar los platos — to wash o do the dishes

no haber roto un plato — (fam)

tiene cara de no haber roto un plato en su vida — she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth (colloq)

pagar los platos rotos — to pay the consequences

b) ( para taza) tb

platito — saucer

- plato de postre

- plato hondo or sopero

- plato llano or playo or bajo or extendido

2) ( contenido) plate, plateful

me comí dos platos — I had two helpings o platefuls

3)

a) ( receta) dish

plato típico — typical dish

no es plato de gusto — it's no fun (colloq)

b) ( en una comida) course

una comida de cuatro platos — a four-course meal

¿qué hay de segundo plato? — what's for (the) main course?

- plato central

- plato combinado

- plato del día

- plato fuerte

4)

a) ( de balanza) (scale) pan

b) ( de tocadiscos) turntable

c) (Dep) clay pigeon

d) ( en béisbol) home plate

5) (AmS fam) (situación, persona divertida) scream (colloq)

* * *

plato¹

¹ = dish [dishes, -pl.], plate, platter.

Ex: She put the dishes in the sink, locked the balcony door, found her purse, and sallied forth.

Ex: To make it even easier on you, we will provide plates, forks, napkins, cups and even candles for your party.

Ex: Hard drives typically have several platters which are mounted on the same spindle.

* carro de los platos sucios = dirty-dish cart.

* Comida + de dos platos = two course + Comida.

* comida de dos platos y postre = three-course meal.

* comida de tres platos = three-course meal.

* fregar los platos = do + the washing-up.

* lavado de platos = dishwashing.

* lavar los platos = wash + dishes, washing up, do + the washing-up.

* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.

* plato bandeja = charger.

* plato de cristal = glass plate.

* plato de papel = paper plate.

* plato de plástico = picnic plate.

* plato de un solo uso = disposable plate.

* plato de usar y tirar = disposable plate.

* plato fuerte = main dish, strong point, entrée, main entrée.

* plato principal = entrée, main entrée.

* platos precocinados = baked goods.

* primer plato = side entrée.

* primer y segundo plato = main dish.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

* reunión en la que cada persona trae un plato para compartir = potluck.

* sacar los pies del plato = break out of + the box.

* segundo plato = a little something on the side, entrée, main entrée.

plato²

² = chainring, clay pigeon.

Ex: If you're sitting on your bike, the shifter on your left controls shifting over the chainrings.

Ex: This voucher permits you to shoot at 60 clay pigeons, with cartridges and hearing protection under the supervision of your clay pigeon shooting instructor.

* plato de presión del embrague = pressure plate.

* tiro al plato = clay pigeon shooting.

* * *

plato

masculine

A

1 (utensilio) plate

fregar or lavar los platos to wash o do the dishes, to wash up ( BrE), to do the washing up ( BrE)

comer en el mismo plato ( fam); to get on like a house on fire ( colloq);

( fam pey) to be as thick as thieves ( colloq)

nada entre dos platos nothing much

¿qué pasó al final? — nada entre dos platos what happened in the end? — nothing dramatic o nothing much

no haber roto un plato ( fam): tiene cara de no haber roto un plato en su vida she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth ( colloq)

pagar los platos rotos to pay the consequences, to take the rap ( AmE colloq), to carry the can ( BrE colloq)

2 (para una taza) tb

platito saucer

Compuestos:

● plato bajo

( Chi) dinner plate, plate

● plato de postre

dessert plate

● plato extendido

( Méx) dinner plate, plate

● plato hondo

soup dish

● plato llano or liso

dinner plate, plate

● plato plano

( Méx) dinner plate, plate

● plato playo

( RPI) dinner plate, plate

● plato sopero

soup dish

B (contenido) plate, plateful

estaba delicioso, yo comí dos platos it was delicious, I had two helpings o platefuls

C

1 (receta) dish

un plato de arroz/pescado a rice/fish dish

es su plato favorito it's his favorite dish

es el plato típico de esa región it is the typical dish of that region

no es plato de gusto it's no fun ( colloq), it's not much fun

2 (en una comida) course

una comida de cuatro platos a four-course meal

¿qué hay de segundo plato? what's for (the) main course?

ser plato de segunda mesa ( fam); to play second fiddle ( colloq)

no me gusta ser plato de segunda mesa I don't like being treated as second best o playing second fiddle

Compuestos:

● plato central

( Ven) main course

● plato combinado

( Esp) meal served on one plate, eg burger, eggs and fries

● plato de fondo

( AmL); main course, main dish

● plato del día

dish of the day

● plato fuerte

( Coc) main course, main dish ; (de un espectáculo) pièce de résistance

el plato fuerte del día fue la conferencia del doctor Tercedor the main attraction o the high point of the day was the talk by doctor Tercedor

D

1 (de una balanza) scale pan, pan

2 (de un tocadiscos) turntable

3 ( Dep) clay pigeon

4 (de la ducha) base, tray

5 (en béisbol) home plate

E ( AmS fam) (situación, persona divertida) scream ( colloq)

¡qué plato! what a scream o hoot o laugh! ( colloq)

es un plato she's a scream o a riot

F ( Chi) (de una cocina eléctrica — espiral) burner ( AmE), ring ( BrE); (— placa) hotplate

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Multiple Entries:
plato
plató
plato sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( utensilio) plate;

lavar or fregar los platós to wash o do the dishes;
◊ plató de postre dessert plate;

plató hondo or sopero soup dish;
plató llano or (RPl) playo or (Chi) bajo or (Méx) extendido (dinner) plate
b) ( para taza) tb

◊ platito saucer

2 ( contenido) plate, plateful
3
a) ( receta) dish;

◊ plató típico typical dish

b) ( en una comida) course;

◊ plató central (Ven) main course;

plató combinado (Esp) meal served on one plate, eg burger, eggs and fries;
plató del día dish of the day;
plató fuerte or principal (Coc) main course
4
a) ( de balanza) (scale) pan

b) ( de tocadiscos) turntable

c) (Dep) clay pigeon

d) ( en béisbol) home plate

plató sustantivo masculino
set
plato sustantivo masculino
1 (pieza de vajilla) plate, dish
plato de postre, dessert plate
plato sopero, soup dish
2 (contenido) plateful, dish
3 (parte de una comida) course
primer plato, starter, first course
4 (receta) dish
5 (de balanza) pan, tray
6 (de tocadiscos) turntable
♦ Locuciones: no ser plato de gusto, to be no fun
pagar los platos rotos, to pay the consequences
plato fuerte, Cul main course o dish
(de un espectáculo) el plato fuerte de la noche fue el número de la contorsionista, the main attraction of the evening was the contortionist's number
plató m Cine TV set
' plató' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cubierta
- cubierto
- fuente
- grabar
- herniarse
- honda
- hondo
- mella
- plato
- repetir
- servirse
- sopera
- sopero
- Tiro
- alguno
- alimenticio
- apetitoso
- árabe
- brocheta
- crema
- criollo
- curry
- desconchado
- desconcharse
- enchilar
- estrellar
- inclinar
- llenar
- minuta
- mirar
- mole
- orilla
- pedir
- platillo
- preparar
- quebrar
- quemar
- romper
- roto
- salado
- típico
- tiro
- tornamesa
English:
back
- course
- deck
- dish
- exit
- film set
- grill
- highlight
- hurl
- main
- menu
- ovenproof
- plate
- polish off
- rind
- set
- shallow
- soup bowl
- soup plate
- turntable
- baked beans
- dash
- dinner
- haggis
- hash
- heap
- hot
- rush
- starter
- turn
- wash

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plato nm

1. [recipiente] plate, dish;

lavar los platos to wash the dishes, Br to do the washing-up;

estaba el mar como un plato the sea was like a millpond;

Comp
Fam
comer en el mismo plato to be great friends;

Comp
Fam
nada entre dos platos nothing special;

Comp
Fam
pagar los platos rotos to carry the can;

Comp
Fam
parece que no ha roto un plato en su vida he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

Comp
plato hondo soup dish o plate;
plato llano plate;
Méx, RP plato playo plate;
plato de postre dessert plate;

plato sopero soup dish o plate

2. [parte de una comida] course;

primer plato first course, Br starter, US appetizer;

de primer plato Br for starters, US as an appetizer;

segundo plato second course, main course;

Comp
Fam
ser plato de segunda mano o [m5] mesa [ser despreciado] to be a second-class citizen;
[haber perdido la virginidad] to be spoiled goods
Comp
plato combinado = single-course meal which usually consists of meat or fish accompanied by French fries and sometimes vegetables; Chile plato de fondo main course;
plato fuerte [en una comida] main course;
Fig main part;
su actuación es el plato fuerte de la noche her performance is the night's main event;

plato principal main course

3. [comida] dish;

mi plato favorito my favourite meal

Comp
plato del día dish of the day;
plato precocinado pre-cooked meal;

plato preparado ready-made meal;

plato típico typical dish;

plato único single-course meal

4. [de tocadiscos, microondas] turntable

5. [de bicicleta] chain wheel

6. [de balanza] pan, scale

7. Dep clay-pigeon

8. Comp
Am Fam
ser un plato to be a scream;

¡qué plato! how hilarious!

* * *

plato

m

1 recipiente plate;

parece no haber roto un plato en su vida she looks as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth;

pagar los platos rotos fam carry the can fam

2 GASTR dish

3 Méx: en béisbol home plate

* * *

plato nm

1) : plate, dish

lavar los platos: to do the dishes

2) : serving, helping

3) : course (of a meal)

4) : dish

plato típico: typical dish

5) : home plate (in baseball)

6)

plato hondo : soup bowl

plató nm

: set (in the movies)

* * *

plato n

1. (recipiente) plate

sirvió la verdura en los platos she served the vegetables onto the plates

2. (guiso) dish

la paella es mi plato preferido paella is my favourite dish

3. (parte de la comida) course

comió pescado de segundo plato he had fish as his main course

plato hondo soup dish

Spanish-English dictionary > plato
18 plató

m.

1 plate, dish.

lavar los platos to wash the dishes, to do the washing-up (British)

pagar los platos rotos (figurative) to carry the can

parece que no ha roto un plato en su vida (figurative) he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

plato hondo o sopero soup dish o plate

plato llano plate

plato de postre dessert plate

2 course (parte de una comida).

primer plato first course, starter

de primer plato for starters

segundo plato second course, main course

plato fuerte main course; (en una comida) main part (figurative)

su actuación es el plato fuerte de la noche her performance is the night's main event

plato principal main course

3 dish (food).

plato combinado = single-course meal which usually consists of meat or fish accompanied by chips and vegetables

plato del día dish of the day

plato precocinado pre-cooked meal

plato preparado ready-made meal

plato típico typical dish

4 turntable.

5 chain wheel.

6 clay pigeon (sport).

7 film set.

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plato

► nombre masculino

1 (recipiente) plate, dish

2 COCINA dish

■ hace unos platos buenísimos he's a wonderful cook

3 (en comida) course

■ de primer plato hay sopa y de segundo pescado we've got soup for starters and fish for the main course

4 (de una balanza) pan

5 (de un tocadiscos) turntable

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FRASEOLOGÍA

fregar/lavar los platos to do the dishes, do the washing-up

pagar los platos rotos familiar to take the blame, carry the can

tener cara de no haber roto un plato (en la vida) familiar to look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

plato combinado single-course meal with different things together on one plate

plato de postre dessert plate

plato fuerte (de una comida) main course 2 (de un acto) main attraction 3 (de un espectáculo) star attraction

plato hondo soup plate, soup dish

plato llano dinner plate

plato sopero soup plate, soup dish

* * *

noun m.

1) dish

2) plate

3) course

* * *

SM

1) (=recipiente) [para comer] plate; [de balanza] pan

fregar los platos — to wash o do the dishes, wash up

- pagar los platos rotos

- estar en el plato y en la tajada

- del plato a la boca se pierde la sopa

plato de postre — dessert plate

plato frutero — fruit dish

plato hondo — soup dish, soup plate

plato llano — dinner plate

plato sopero — soup dish, soup plate

2) (=contenido del plato) plate, plateful

un plato de arroz — a plate o plateful of rice

- vender algo por un plato de lentejas

3) (Culin) [en menú] course; (=guiso) dish

un menú de tres platos — a three-course meal

es un plato típico español — it's a typical Spanish dish

es mi plato favorito — it's my favourite dish

- no es plato de mi gusto

- comen del mismo plato

- ser plato de segunda mesa

plato central — Ven main course

plato combinado — set main course, meat or fish etc served with vegetable accompaniment as one dish

plato de fondo — main course

plato dulce — sweet course

plato fuerte — (=comida principal) main course; (=abundante) big meal; (=tema principal) main topic, central theme; (=punto fuerte) strong point

plato precocinado — pre-cooked meal

plato preparado — ready-to-serve meal

plato principal — main course

4) [de tocadiscos] turntable

plato giradiscos, plato giratorio — turntable

5)

plato de (la) ducha — shower tray

6) (Téc) plate

7) (Dep)

tiro al plato — clay pigeon shooting

8) Cono Sur
*
es un plato — (=guapo) he's a dish *, he's very dishy *

¡qué plato! — (=divertido) what a laugh!

* * *

masculino set

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( utensilio) plate

lavar or fregar los platos — to wash o do the dishes

no haber roto un plato — (fam)

tiene cara de no haber roto un plato en su vida — she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth (colloq)

pagar los platos rotos — to pay the consequences

b) ( para taza) tb

platito — saucer

- plato de postre

- plato hondo or sopero

- plato llano or playo or bajo or extendido

2) ( contenido) plate, plateful

me comí dos platos — I had two helpings o platefuls

3)

a) ( receta) dish

plato típico — typical dish

no es plato de gusto — it's no fun (colloq)

b) ( en una comida) course

una comida de cuatro platos — a four-course meal

¿qué hay de segundo plato? — what's for (the) main course?

- plato central

- plato combinado

- plato del día

- plato fuerte

4)

a) ( de balanza) (scale) pan

b) ( de tocadiscos) turntable

c) (Dep) clay pigeon

d) ( en béisbol) home plate

5) (AmS fam) (situación, persona divertida) scream (colloq)

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plato¹

¹ = dish [dishes, -pl.], plate, platter.

Ex: She put the dishes in the sink, locked the balcony door, found her purse, and sallied forth.

Ex: To make it even easier on you, we will provide plates, forks, napkins, cups and even candles for your party.

Ex: Hard drives typically have several platters which are mounted on the same spindle.

* carro de los platos sucios = dirty-dish cart.

* Comida + de dos platos = two course + Comida.

* comida de dos platos y postre = three-course meal.

* comida de tres platos = three-course meal.

* fregar los platos = do + the washing-up.

* lavado de platos = dishwashing.

* lavar los platos = wash + dishes, washing up, do + the washing-up.

* pagar los platos rotos = carry + the can, pick up + the pieces.

* plato bandeja = charger.

* plato de cristal = glass plate.

* plato de papel = paper plate.

* plato de plástico = picnic plate.

* plato de un solo uso = disposable plate.

* plato de usar y tirar = disposable plate.

* plato fuerte = main dish, strong point, entrée, main entrée.

* plato principal = entrée, main entrée.

* platos precocinados = baked goods.

* primer plato = side entrée.

* primer y segundo plato = main dish.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

* reunión en la que cada persona trae un plato para compartir = potluck.

* sacar los pies del plato = break out of + the box.

* segundo plato = a little something on the side, entrée, main entrée.

plato²

² = chainring, clay pigeon.

Ex: If you're sitting on your bike, the shifter on your left controls shifting over the chainrings.

Ex: This voucher permits you to shoot at 60 clay pigeons, with cartridges and hearing protection under the supervision of your clay pigeon shooting instructor.

* plato de presión del embrague = pressure plate.

* tiro al plato = clay pigeon shooting.

* * *

plato

masculine

A

1 (utensilio) plate

fregar or lavar los platos to wash o do the dishes, to wash up ( BrE), to do the washing up ( BrE)

comer en el mismo plato ( fam); to get on like a house on fire ( colloq);

( fam pey) to be as thick as thieves ( colloq)

nada entre dos platos nothing much

¿qué pasó al final? — nada entre dos platos what happened in the end? — nothing dramatic o nothing much

no haber roto un plato ( fam): tiene cara de no haber roto un plato en su vida she looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth ( colloq)

pagar los platos rotos to pay the consequences, to take the rap ( AmE colloq), to carry the can ( BrE colloq)

2 (para una taza) tb

platito saucer

Compuestos:

● plato bajo

( Chi) dinner plate, plate

● plato de postre

dessert plate

● plato extendido

( Méx) dinner plate, plate

● plato hondo

soup dish

● plato llano or liso

dinner plate, plate

● plato plano

( Méx) dinner plate, plate

● plato playo

( RPI) dinner plate, plate

● plato sopero

soup dish

B (contenido) plate, plateful

estaba delicioso, yo comí dos platos it was delicious, I had two helpings o platefuls

C

1 (receta) dish

un plato de arroz/pescado a rice/fish dish

es su plato favorito it's his favorite dish

es el plato típico de esa región it is the typical dish of that region

no es plato de gusto it's no fun ( colloq), it's not much fun

2 (en una comida) course

una comida de cuatro platos a four-course meal

¿qué hay de segundo plato? what's for (the) main course?

ser plato de segunda mesa ( fam); to play second fiddle ( colloq)

no me gusta ser plato de segunda mesa I don't like being treated as second best o playing second fiddle

Compuestos:

● plato central

( Ven) main course

● plato combinado

( Esp) meal served on one plate, eg burger, eggs and fries

● plato de fondo

( AmL); main course, main dish

● plato del día

dish of the day

● plato fuerte

( Coc) main course, main dish ; (de un espectáculo) pièce de résistance

el plato fuerte del día fue la conferencia del doctor Tercedor the main attraction o the high point of the day was the talk by doctor Tercedor

D

1 (de una balanza) scale pan, pan

2 (de un tocadiscos) turntable

3 ( Dep) clay pigeon

4 (de la ducha) base, tray

5 (en béisbol) home plate

E ( AmS fam) (situación, persona divertida) scream ( colloq)

¡qué plato! what a scream o hoot o laugh! ( colloq)

es un plato she's a scream o a riot

F ( Chi) (de una cocina eléctrica — espiral) burner ( AmE), ring ( BrE); (— placa) hotplate

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Multiple Entries:
plato
plató
plato sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( utensilio) plate;

lavar or fregar los platós to wash o do the dishes;
◊ plató de postre dessert plate;

plató hondo or sopero soup dish;
plató llano or (RPl) playo or (Chi) bajo or (Méx) extendido (dinner) plate
b) ( para taza) tb

◊ platito saucer

2 ( contenido) plate, plateful
3
a) ( receta) dish;

◊ plató típico typical dish

b) ( en una comida) course;

◊ plató central (Ven) main course;

plató combinado (Esp) meal served on one plate, eg burger, eggs and fries;
plató del día dish of the day;
plató fuerte or principal (Coc) main course
4
a) ( de balanza) (scale) pan

b) ( de tocadiscos) turntable

c) (Dep) clay pigeon

d) ( en béisbol) home plate

plató sustantivo masculino
set
plato sustantivo masculino
1 (pieza de vajilla) plate, dish
plato de postre, dessert plate
plato sopero, soup dish
2 (contenido) plateful, dish
3 (parte de una comida) course
primer plato, starter, first course
4 (receta) dish
5 (de balanza) pan, tray
6 (de tocadiscos) turntable
♦ Locuciones: no ser plato de gusto, to be no fun
pagar los platos rotos, to pay the consequences
plato fuerte, Cul main course o dish
(de un espectáculo) el plato fuerte de la noche fue el número de la contorsionista, the main attraction of the evening was the contortionist's number
plató m Cine TV set
' plató' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cubierta
- cubierto
- fuente
- grabar
- herniarse
- honda
- hondo
- mella
- plato
- repetir
- servirse
- sopera
- sopero
- Tiro
- alguno
- alimenticio
- apetitoso
- árabe
- brocheta
- crema
- criollo
- curry
- desconchado
- desconcharse
- enchilar
- estrellar
- inclinar
- llenar
- minuta
- mirar
- mole
- orilla
- pedir
- platillo
- preparar
- quebrar
- quemar
- romper
- roto
- salado
- típico
- tiro
- tornamesa
English:
back
- course
- deck
- dish
- exit
- film set
- grill
- highlight
- hurl
- main
- menu
- ovenproof
- plate
- polish off
- rind
- set
- shallow
- soup bowl
- soup plate
- turntable
- baked beans
- dash
- dinner
- haggis
- hash
- heap
- hot
- rush
- starter
- turn
- wash

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plato nm

1. [recipiente] plate, dish;

lavar los platos to wash the dishes, Br to do the washing-up;

estaba el mar como un plato the sea was like a millpond;

Comp
Fam
comer en el mismo plato to be great friends;

Comp
Fam
nada entre dos platos nothing special;

Comp
Fam
pagar los platos rotos to carry the can;

Comp
Fam
parece que no ha roto un plato en su vida he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

Comp
plato hondo soup dish o plate;
plato llano plate;
Méx, RP plato playo plate;
plato de postre dessert plate;

plato sopero soup dish o plate

2. [parte de una comida] course;

primer plato first course, Br starter, US appetizer;

de primer plato Br for starters, US as an appetizer;

segundo plato second course, main course;

Comp
Fam
ser plato de segunda mano o [m5] mesa [ser despreciado] to be a second-class citizen;
[haber perdido la virginidad] to be spoiled goods
Comp
plato combinado = single-course meal which usually consists of meat or fish accompanied by French fries and sometimes vegetables; Chile plato de fondo main course;
plato fuerte [en una comida] main course;
Fig main part;
su actuación es el plato fuerte de la noche her performance is the night's main event;

plato principal main course

3. [comida] dish;

mi plato favorito my favourite meal

Comp
plato del día dish of the day;
plato precocinado pre-cooked meal;

plato preparado ready-made meal;

plato típico typical dish;

plato único single-course meal

4. [de tocadiscos, microondas] turntable

5. [de bicicleta] chain wheel

6. [de balanza] pan, scale

7. Dep clay-pigeon

8. Comp
Am Fam
ser un plato to be a scream;

¡qué plato! how hilarious!

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plato

m

1 recipiente plate;

parece no haber roto un plato en su vida she looks as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth;

pagar los platos rotos fam carry the can fam

2 GASTR dish

3 Méx: en béisbol home plate

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plato nm

1) : plate, dish

lavar los platos: to do the dishes

2) : serving, helping

3) : course (of a meal)

4) : dish

plato típico: typical dish

5) : home plate (in baseball)

6)

plato hondo : soup bowl

plató nm

: set (in the movies)

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plato n

1. (recipiente) plate

sirvió la verdura en los platos she served the vegetables onto the plates

2. (guiso) dish

la paella es mi plato preferido paella is my favourite dish

3. (parte de la comida) course

comió pescado de segundo plato he had fish as his main course

plato hondo soup dish

Spanish-English dictionary > plató
19 fuente

adj.

source.

f.

1 fountain (de agua) (construcción).

fuente de agua potable drinking fountain

fuente termal thermal spring

2 (serving) dish (bandeja).

3 source (origen).

fuente de alimentación feed source; ( Elec) power supply (computing)

fuente de energía energy source

fuente de energía renovable renewable energy source

fuente de ingresos source of income

fuente de riqueza source of wealth

4 source.

según fuentes del ministerio de Educación,… according to Ministry of Education sources,…

fuentes oficiosas/oficiales unofficial/official sources

5 font (Imprenta).

6 spring, headspring, fountainhead, springhead.

7 drinking fountain.

8 platter, serving dish, server.

9 gas station, station.

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fuente

► nombre femenino

1 (manantial) spring

2 (artificial) fountain

3 (recipiente) serving dish, dish

4 figurado source

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de buena fuente from reliable sources

de fuente fidedigna from reliable sources

* * *

noun f.

1) fountain

2) spring

3) source, origin

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SF

1) (=construcción) fountain; (=manantial) spring

- abrir la fuente de las lágrimas

fuente de beber — drinking fountain

fuente de río — source of a river

fuente de soda — LAm café selling ice-cream and soft drinks, soda fountain (EEUU)

fuente termal — hot spring

2) (Culin) serving dish, platter

fuente de hornear, fuente de horno — ovenproof dish

3) (=origen) source, origin

de fuente desconocida/fidedigna — from an unknown/a reliable source

fuente de alimentación — (Inform) power supply

fuente de ingresos — source of income

fuente de suministro — source of supply

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femenino

1) ( manantial) spring

la fuente del río — the source of the river

2) (construcción, monumento) fountain

fuente de agua potable — drinking fountain

- fuente de soda

3) ( plato) dish

- fuente de horno

4)

a) ( origen) source

su principal fuente de ingresos — his principal source of income

b) ( de información) source

una información de buena fuente or de fuentes fidedignas or de toda solvencia — information from reliable sources

* * *

femenino

1) ( manantial) spring

la fuente del río — the source of the river

2) (construcción, monumento) fountain

fuente de agua potable — drinking fountain

- fuente de soda

3) ( plato) dish

- fuente de horno

4)

a) ( origen) source

su principal fuente de ingresos — his principal source of income

b) ( de información) source

una información de buena fuente or de fuentes fidedignas or de toda solvencia — information from reliable sources

* * *

fuente¹

¹ = fountain, spring, water fountain.

Ex: This process is similar to the way jets of water in illuminated fountains trap the light from underwater light sources.

Ex: This is in fulfillment of the Claverhouse dictum that unless staff members have the opportunity to develop as people their inspirational springs will become mere trickles.

Ex: The farm supplies visitors with high-quality natural environment (landscape, forest, water fountains, ecological food), accommodation, and other services.

* fuente con peces = fish pond [fishpond].

* fuente de agua = drinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler.

* fuente para beber = water fountain, bubbler.

* fuentes termales = hot springs.

fuente²

² = parent, source.

Ex: Most bibliographic databases evolved from a parent abstracting or indexing publication.

Ex: The network is fairly well developed and lobbying initiatives on policies affecting all or a group of local authorities have stemmed from this source.

* código fuente = source code.

* credibilidad de las fuentes = source credibility.

* documento fuente = original document, parent document, source document.

* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.

* formato fuente = source format.

* fuente bibliográfica = bibliographic source, bibliographical source.

* fuente bibliográfica especializada = specialist bibliographic source.

* fuente de alimentación = power source.

* fuente de alimentos = food supply, supply of food.

* fuente de conflicto = source of conflict.

* fuente de energía = energy source, source of energy, power source.

* fuente de energía(s) alternativa(s) = alternative energy source.

* fuente de información = information source, information store, source of information, source of data.

* fuente de información electrónica = electronic information source.

* fuente de ingresos = revenue stream, source of revenue, source of income, revenue base, revenue earner.

* fuente de los deseos = wishing well.

* fuente de luz = light source.

* fuente de provisión = source of supply.

* fuente de radiación = radiation source.

* fuente de referencia = information source, reference source, source of help.

* fuente de suministro = source of supply.

* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.

* fuente donde se puede encontrar todo sobre Algo = one stop shop.

* fuente histórica = historical record.

* fuente oral = oral source.

* fuente para beber = scuttlebutt, drinking fountain.

* fuente primaria = primary source, source material.

* fuente principal de información = chief source of information.

* fuentes de información = information base.

* fuente secundaria = secondary source, finding aid.

* fuentes oficiosas = grapevine.

* guía de fuentes de información = pathfinder.

* Indice de Fuentes = source index, Source Index.

* información de fuente fidedigna = authoritative information.

* obra fuente de la cita = citing work.

* programa fuente = source programme.

* tesauro fuente = source thesaurus.

* texto fuente = copy-text.

* una fuente de = a treasure trove of.

* una fuente inagotable de = a treasure house of.

* una única fuente para Algo = one-stop, one-stop shopping, one stop shop.

fuente³

³ = platter.

Ex: All salads are served on platters with herbs, rolls or garlic bread.

* fuente de marisco = shellfish platter.

* fuente de pescado = seafood platter.

fuente⁴

⁴ = font.

Nota: Conjunto de letras, signos y espacios en blanco usados en la composición de un texto.

Ex: No longer is the user constrained to a supplied set of fonts.

fuente⁵

⁵ = fount of type.

Ex: A fount of type was a set of letters and other symbols in which each was supplied in approximate proportion to its frequency of use, all being of one body-size and design.

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fuente

feminine

A (manantial) spring

fuente termal hot o thermal spring

la fuente del río the source of the river

B (construcción, monumento) fountain

fuente de agua potable drinking fountain

Compuestos:

● fuente de los deseos

wishing well

● fuente de soda

soda fountain ( AmE), snack bar

C (plato) dish

puso la carne en una fuente ovalada he put the joint on an oval (serving) dish o platter

una fuente de porcelana a china dish

Compuesto:

fuente de horno

ovenproof dish

D

1 (origen) source

la principal fuente de ingresos de esta zona the principal source of income in this region

fuente de suministro source of supply

2 (de información) source

esta enciclopedia es una buena fuente de datos this encyclopedia is a useful source of information

tenemos informaciones de buena fuente or de fuentes fidedignas we have information from reliable sources

según fuentes de toda solvencia or fuentes solventes according to reliable sources

según fuentes de la Administración according to government sources

E ( Impr) font

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fuente sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( manantial) spring;

◊ fuente termal thermal spring

b) ( origen) source;

◊ la fuente del río the source of the river;

fuente de ingresos source of income;
información de buena fuente information from reliable sources
2 ( construcción) fountain;
◊ fuente de soda (Chi, Méx) soda fountain (AmE), ( place where drinks and ice creams are bought and consumed)

3 ( plato) dish;
◊ fuente de horno ovenproof dish

fuente sustantivo femenino
1 fountain
2 (plato de servir) (serving) dish
3 (origen de algo) source: fuentes literarias, literary sources
fuentes de alimentación eléctrica, sources of electricity
' fuente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inagotable
- secarse
- taza
- autorizado
- cantarín
- caño
- divisa
- enlozado
- frágil
- lapicera
- luminoso
- pila
- pilón
- pluma
- secar
English:
baking dish
- delight
- dish
- evenly
- font
- fountain
- fountainhead
- horse
- informant
- quotable
- reliably
- resource
- source
- spout
- spring
- thermal
- typeface
- unnamed
- authority
- baking
- hot
- pen
- platter
- regular
- serving

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fuente nf

1. [para beber] fountain

Comp
fuente de agua potable drinking fountain; Chile, Carib, Col, Méx fuente de soda [cafetería] = cafe or counter selling ice cream, soft drinks etc, US soda fountain
2. [bandeja] (serving) dish

3. [de información]
no quiso revelar su fuente de información he didn't want to reveal the source of his information;

fuentes oficiosas/oficiales unofficial/official sources;

según fuentes del ministerio de Educación… according to Ministry of Education sources…;

ha manejado gran número de fuentes para escribir su tesis she has made use of many sources to write her thesis

4. [origen] source;

la Biblia es la fuente de muchas obras medievales the Bible provides the source material for many medieval works

Comp
fuente de energía energy source;
fuente de energía ecológica/limpia/renovable environmentally friendly/clean/renewable source of energy;

fuente de ingresos source of income;

fuente de riqueza source of wealth

5. [causa] cause, source;

fuente de problemas a source of problems o trouble;

la falta de higiene es fuente de infecciones lack of hygiene is a cause of infection

6. [manantial] spring

Comp
fuente termal thermal spring
7. fuente de alimentación Elec feed source;
Informát power supply
8. Imprenta font

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fuente

f

1 fountain; fig

source

2 recipiente dish

3 INFOR font

4 L.Am.

bar soda fountain

* * *

fuente nf

1) manantial: spring

2) : fountain

3) origen: source

fuentes informativas: sources of information

4) : platter, serving dish

* * *

fuente n

1. (en una plaza, etc) fountain

hay una fuente muy bonita there's a very pretty fountain

2. (manantial) spring

agua de fuente spring water

3. (bandeja) dish [pl. dishes]

tráeme una fuente bring me a dish

4. (origen) source

fuente de ingresos source of income

Spanish-English dictionary > fuente
20 plat

plat, plate [pla, plat]

1. adjective

   a. flat

• chaussure plate flat shoe

   b. [style] dull

   c. ( = obséquieux) il nous a fait ses plus plates excuses he made the humblest of apologies to us

2. masculine noun

   a. ( = récipient, mets) dish ; ( = partie du repas) course ; ( = contenu) plate(ful)

• il en a fait tout un plat (inf) he made a song and dance about it (inf)

• il lui prépare de bons petits plats he makes tasty little dishes for her

   b. ( = partie plate) flat (part) ; [de main] flat

• course de plat flat race

• il y a 3 km de plat there's a 3km flat stretch

• faire du plat à qn (inf) [+ femme] to try to pick sb up

► à plat

• mettre qch à plat to lay sth down flat ; (figurative) to have a close look at sth

• remise à plat [de dossier, problème, situation] thorough review

• être à plat [pneu, batterie] to be flat ; [personne] (inf) to be run down

• tomber à plat [remarque, plaisanterie] to fall flat

   c. (en plongeant) faire un plat to do a belly flop

3. compounds

► plat cuisiné (chez un traiteur) ready-made meal

► plat du jour

• quel est le plat du jour ? what's today's special? ► plat de résistance main course ; (figurative) pièce de résistance

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1.

plate pla, plat adjectif

1) ( sans relief) [fond, surface, pays] flat; [mer] smooth

être plate, avoir la poitrine plate — to be flat-chested

2) ( peu profond) [chapeau, caillou, paquet] flat; [bateau] flat-bottomed; [montre, briquet] slimline; [cheveux] limp

3) ( sans talon) [chaussure] flat

4) fig [goût] bland; [vin] insipid; [style, description] lifeless; [traduction] flat; [texte] dull

faire de plates excuses à quelqu'un — to apologize abjectly to somebody

2.

nom masculin

1) (pour cuire, servir) dish

2) ( aliments servis) dish

3) ( partie d'un repas) course

4) ( partie plate)

le plat de la main — the flat of one's hand

5) ( terrain plat) flat ground

courir sur du plat — to run on the flat

3.

à plat locution adverbiale

1) ( horizontalement)

poser or mettre quelque chose à plat — to lay something down flat

dormir à plat — to sleep without a pillow

à plat ventre — lit flat on one's stomach

se mettre à plat ventre devant quelqu'un — fig to grovel in front of somebody

tomber à plat — [plaisanterie] to fall flat

2) ( hors d'usage)

à plat — [pneu] flat; [batterie] flat GB, dead

3) (colloq) ( sans énergie)

être à plat — [personne] to be run down

sa maladie l'a mis à plat — his illness really took it out of him (colloq)

4) ( en ordre)

mettre à plat — to review [something] from scratch [comptes, dossier]

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Phrasal Verbs:

- plat de côtes

- plat cuisiné

- plat du jour

- plat à poisson

- plat de résistance

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faire un plat — (colloq) ( en natation) to do a belly flop (colloq)

faire du plat à quelqu'un — (colloq) to chat somebody up (colloq) GB, to come on to somebody (colloq)

mettre les petits plats dans les grands — (colloq) to go to town on a meal (colloq)

mettre les pieds dans le plat — (colloq) to put one's foot in it

faire tout un plat de quelque chose — (colloq) to make a big deal about something

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pla, at plat, -e
1. adj

1) (surface, relief) flat

2) (= ennuyeux) (personne, livre) dull

3) (= fade) (vin) flat-tasting

4) (autres locutions)

à plat ventre — face down

être à plat ventre — to be lying face down

tomber à plat ventre — to fall flat on one's face

2. nm

1) (= récipient) dish

2) CUISINE (= mets) dish

le premier plat — the first course

le plat principal — the main course

le plat de résistance — the main course

3) (= partie plate) flat part

le plat de la main — the flat of the hand

4) (autres locutions)

à plat (pneu, batterie) — flat, (= fatigué) dead beat, tired out

mise à plat — case-by-case review

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plat, plate

A adj

1 ( sans relief) [fond, surface, pays, terrain] flat; [mer] smooth; un terrain parfaitement plat a perfectly flat plot of land; être plate, avoir la poitrine plate to be flat-chested; électroencéphalogramme plat electroencephalograph showing a flat trace;

2 ( peu profond) [chapeau] flat; [bateau, embarcation] flat-bottomed; ( sans épaisseur) [caillou, paquet] flat; [montre, calculatrice, briquet] slimline; [cheveux] limp;

3 ( sans talon) [chaussure, soulier] flat; ⇒ couture;

4 ( fade) [saveur, goût] bland; [vin] insipid; ( sans caractère) [style, description] lifeless; [traduction] flat; [texte, discours] dull;

5 ( humble) faire de plates excuses à qn to apologize abjectly to sb.

B nm

1 (pour cuire, servir) dish; plat de porcelaine/d'argent china/silver dish;

2 ( aliments servis) dish; plat froid/chaud cold/hot dish; un plat de spaghetti/viande a dish of spaghetti/meat; un bon petit plat a tasty dish; ⇒ vengeance;

3 ( partie d'un repas) course; plusieurs plats au choix a choice of several courses;

4 ( partie plate) le plat de la main the flat of one's hand; le plat d'un couteau the flat of a knife;

5 ( terrain plat) flat ground; courir sur du plat to run on the flat.

C plate nf

1 Naut flat-bottomed boat;

2 Hist piece of plate armour^GB.

D à plat loc adv

1 ( horizontalement) [mains, pieds] flat; poser or mettre qch à plat to lay sth down flat; pose les livres à plat sur mon bureau lay the books down flat on my desk; dormir à plat to sleep without a pillow; à plat ventre lit flat on one's stomach; dormir à plat ventre to sleep flat on one's stomach; se mettre à plat ventre devant qn fig to grovel in front of sb; tomber à plat [plaisanterie, remarque] to fall flat;

2 ( hors d'usage) [pneu] flat; [batterie] flat GB, dead;

3 ○( sans énergie) être à plat [personne] to be run down; sa maladie l'a mis à plat his illness really took it out of him○;

4 ( en ordre) mettre/remettre qch à plat [comptes, activité, dossier] to review sth from scratch; une mise à plat du système fiscal est envisagée a complete review of the tax system is planned.

Composés

plat de côtes top rib of beef; plat cuisiné Comm ready-cooked meal; ( chez soi) dish that takes time and trouble; plat du jour today's special, dish of the day; plat à légumes vegetable dish; plat de nouilles○ pej drip○ péj; plat à poisson serving dish for fish; plat de résistance Culin main course; fig main item; plat à tarte pie dish; plates côtes Culin top rib ¢ of beef.

Idiomes

faire un plat○ ( en natation) to do a belly flop○; faire du plat à qn○ to chat sb up○ GB, to come on to sb○; mettre les petits plats dans les grands○ to go to town on a meal○; mettre les pieds dans le plat○ to put one's foot in it; faire tout un plat de qch○ to make a song and dance about sth○ GB, to make a big deal about sth.

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( féminin plate) [pla, plat] adjectif

1. [plan, horizontal - terrain] flat, level ; [ - mer] still

2. [non profond] flat, shallow

3. [non saillant] flat

avoir la poitrine plate to be flat-chested

elle est plate comme une planche à pain ou comme une limande (familier) she's (as) flat as a board ou pancake

4. [non épais - montre, calculatrice] slimline

5. [sans hauteur - casquette] flat

ma coiffure est trop plate my hair lacks body

chaussures plates ou à talons plats flat shoes

6. [médiocre - style] flat, dull, unexciting

[sans saveur - vin] insipid

une plate imitation a pallid imitation

7. [obséquieux] cringing, fawning

je vous fais mes plus plates excuses please accept my most humble apologies

8. [non gazeux] still, non-sparkling

9. LITTÉRATURE → link=rime rime

10. GÉOMÉTRIE [angle] straight

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nom masculin

1. [partie plate] flat (part)

le plat de la main/d'une épée the flat of the hand/a sword

2. [lieu plan]

sur le plat on the flat ou level

ÉQUITATION [course] flat race

3. (familier) [plongeon] belly-flop

faire un plat to belly-flop

4. (familier & locution)

faire du plat à quelqu'un

a. [à une femme] to chat somebody up (UK), to give somebody a line (US)

b. [à son patron] to butter somebody up (UK), to sweet-talk somebody

5. [de bœuf]

plat de côtes best (UK) ou short (US) rib

6. IMPRIMERIE

plats boards

7. MÉTALLURGIE (small) flat (bar)

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plate nom féminin

monkey-boat

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à plat locution adjectivale

1. (familier) [fatigué] (all) washed out

2. (familier) [déprimé] down

il est très à plat he's feeling very low ou down

3. [pneu, batterie, pile] flat

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à plat locution adverbiale

1. [horizontalement] flat

couché à plat lying flat on his back

les mains à plat sur la table hands flat on the table

mettre quelque chose à plat

a. [robe] to unpick (and lay out the pieces)

b. [projet, problème] to examine from all angles

tomber à plat [plaisanterie] to fall flat

2. [rouler] with a flat (tyre)

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à plat ventre locution adverbiale

face down ou downwards

se mettre à plat ventre

a. [après avoir été allongé] to flop over onto one's stomach

b. [après avoir été debout] to lie face downwards

tomber à plat ventre to fall flat on one's face

ils sont tous à plat ventre devant elle (figuré) they all bow down to her

II

[pla] nom masculin

1. [contenant] dish

plat ovale/à poisson oval/fish dish

plat à gratin baking dish

plat à tarte flan dish

2. [préparation culinaire] dish

plat cuisiné precooked ou ready-cooked dish

plat garni main dish served with vegetables

le plat du jour the dish of the day, today's special

un plat en sauce a dish cooked ou made with a sauce

elle aime les bons petits plats she enjoys good food

vendre quelque chose contre un plat de lentilles (allusion) BIBLE to sell something for very little

3. [partie du menu] course

le plat principal ou de résistance the main course ou dish

mettre les petits plats dans les grands to put on a big spread

faire (tout) un plat de quelque chose (familier) to make a big deal out of ou a g reat fuss about something

il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat it's not worth getting all worked up about

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