plautus

1. 1.

   comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)

   SynonymsTitus Maccius Plautus

   Broaderdramatist
2. 2.

   a genus of Alcidae

   Synonymsgenus Plautus

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofAlcidae

Other forms of plautus

plural

plautuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plautus

What does plautus mean?

plautus means "comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plautus?

plautus has 2 syllables: plau-tus. The stress falls on "plau". In IPA it is /ˈplaʊtəs/.

What is another word for plautus?

Close synonyms include Titus Maccius Plautus, genus Plautus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plautus a common word?

plautus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.