platonic love

English

Etymology

Attested 1636 in Platonic Lovers by William Davenant. Earlier coined in Latin in the 15th century as amor platonicus 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 love (countable and uncountable, plural platonic loves)

1. Intimate but non-sexual affection.

Related terms

• Platonist (obsolete, rare)

Translations

intimate but non-sexual affection

• Catalan: amor platònic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 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)

• Czech: platonická láska
• Danish: platonisk kærlighed
• Dutch: platonische liefde
• Estonian: platooniline armastus
• Finnish: platoninen rakkaus
• French: amour platonique (fr) m
• Georgian: პლატონური სიყვარული (ṗlaṭonuri siq̇varuli)
• German: platonische Liebe (de) f
• Greek: πλατωνικός έρωτας m (platonikós érotas)
• Hebrew: אַהֲבָה אַפְּלָטוֹנִית (he) f (ahavá aplatónit)
• Hungarian: plátói szerelem (hu)
• Italian: amore platonico m
• Japanese: プラトニック・ラブ (puratonikku-rabu)
• Korean: 플라토닉 러브 (peullatonik reobeu)
• Old English: frēondlufu f
• Polish: miłość platoniczna (pl)
• Portuguese: amor platónico/platônico m
• Romanian: dragoste platonică
• Russian: платони́ческая любо́вь f (platoníčeskaja ljubóvʹ)
• Slovak: platonická láska
• Spanish: amor platónico m
• Swedish: platonisk kärlek (sv)
• Turkish: platonik aşk
• Ukrainian: платонічне кохання n (platonične koxannja), платоні́чна любо́в f (platoníčna ljubóv)