platonic love

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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.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: amor platònic — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Chinese Mandarin: 柏拉圖式戀愛 /柏拉图式恋爱 (Bólātú-shì liàn'ài) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Chinese Mandarin: 柏拉圖式愛情 /柏拉图式爱情 (Bólātú-shì àiqíng) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Chinese Mandarin: 柏拉圖之愛 /柏拉图之爱 (Bólātú zhī ài) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Czech: platonická láska — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Danish: platonisk kærlighed — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Dutch: platonische liefde — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Estonian: platooniline armastus — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Finnish: platoninen rakkaus — intimate but non-sexual affection
• French: amour platonique — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Georgian: პლატონური სიყვარული (ṗlaṭonuri siq̇varuli) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• German: platonische Liebe — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Greek: πλατωνικός έρωτας (platonikós érotas) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Hebrew: אַהֲבָה אַפְּלָטוֹנִית (ahavá aplatónit) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Hungarian: plátói szerelem — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Italian: amore platonico — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Japanese: プラトニック・ラブ (puratonikku-rabu) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Korean: 플라토닉 러브 (peullatonik reobeu) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Old English: frēondlufu — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Polish: miłość platoniczna — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Portuguese: amor platónico/platônico — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Romanian: dragoste platonică — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Russian: платони́ческая любо́вь (platoníčeskaja ljubóvʹ) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Slovak: platonická láska — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Spanish: amor platónico — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Swedish: platonisk kärlek — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Turkish: platonik aşk — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Ukrainian: платоні́чне коха́ння (platoníčne koxánnja) — intimate but non-sexual affection
• Ukrainian: платоні́чна любо́в (platoníčna ljubóv) — intimate but non-sexual affection