πλατικός

A. of or in latitude, θέσεις, ἀπόστασις, Procl. Hyp. 5.6,8.

II. metaph., broad, general, π. θεωρία, opp. μοιρική, Vett.Val. 112.25; π. καὶ καθολικὴ θ. Id. 289.15, cf. 243.3.

2. of meanings of words, broad, wide, or involving breadth, ὁ κοινὸς καὶ π. τόπος in the broad sense, Simp. in Ph. 637.24; τὸ νῦν, οὐ τὸ π. ἀλλὰ τὸ ἄτομον Id. in Cael. 579.16; π. ἐστιν ὁ ἐνεστώς· οἱονεὶ γὰρ πλάτος ὑπεμφαίνει ὡς πρὸς τὸν . . ἀκαριαῖον λεγόμενον χρόνον Choerob. in Theod. 2.12 H. Adv. ‐κῶς broadly speaking, Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat. 18, Vett. Val.274.34, Simp. in Cat. 426.23, Phlp. in Cat. 46.19.

3. π. ἐξήγησις detailed exegesis, Ammon. in Porph. 60.6; ‐κωτέραν τὴν ἴασιν εὑρήσεις ἐν . . Paul.Aeg. 2.25. Adv. Comp. ‐ώτερον, ἐξηγούμενος, opp. κεφαλαιωδῶς, Id. 6.53, cf. Eust. ad D.P. Proll. p.71 B. (πλατυκ‐ is read in Eust. l.c., and as v.l. in inferior codd. of Phlp., Ammon. ll. cc., Simp. in Cael. l.c., Paul.Aeg. ll.cc.; cf. Lat. platicus.)