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platanus

platanus, the platane tree, Oriental plane

plătănus, i (nom. plur. platanūs, Verg. Cul. 123), f.,
  • = πλάτανος, the platane or Oriental plane-tree: sub platano umbriferā, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 63 id. de Or. 1, 7, 28; Plin. 12, 1, 3, § 6: steriles platani, Verg. G. 2, 70: caelebs (because it did not, like the elm, serve to support vines), Hor. C. 2, 15, 4; 2, 11, 13; Juv. 1, 12.

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