platonic love
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platonic love¹
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Attested 1636 in Platonic Lovers by William Davenant. Earlier coined in Latin in the 15th century as amor platōnicus by Florentine scholar Marsilio Ficino (originally in 1476 letter to Alamanno Donati, later expounded in De amore (1484)), based on his interpretation of the Symposium by Plato, specifically the speech by Socrates, relating the thoughts of Diotima of Mantinea.
noun platonic loves · Platonic love
- Intimate but non-sexual and non-romantic affection.
Platonic love²
noun Platonic loves
- Alternative letter-case form of platonic love The practice of Platonic love, of which he had formed ſo fine an idea in ſpeculation, appeared to him but a chimera in reality.
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noun intimate but non-sexual affection
| Español | amor platónico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플라토닉 러브 peullatonik reobeu |
| 日本語 | プラトニック・ラブ puratonikku-rabu |
| 中文 | 柏拉圖式戀愛 /柏拉图式恋爱 Bólātú-shì liàn'ài, 柏拉圖式愛情 /柏拉图式爱情 Bólātú-shì àiqíng, 柏拉圖之愛 /柏拉图之爱 Bólātú zhī ài |
| Português | amor platónico/platônico |
| Français | amour platonique |
| Deutsch | platonische Liebe |
| Italiano | amore platonico |
| Ελληνικά | πλατωνικός έρωτας platonikós érotas |
| Română | dragoste platonică |
| Русский | платони́ческая любо́вь platoníčeskaja ljubóvʹ |
| עברית | אַהֲבָה אַפְּלָטוֹנִית ahavá aplatónit |
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