μέτρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /métron/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /mɛ́tron/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /métron/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /métron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /métɾon/

Noun

μέτρον (genitive μέτρου) n, second declension; (metron)

1. something used to measure: measure, rule, weight
2. length, width, breadth
3. (in music): metre

Inflection

Second declension of μέτρον, μέτρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μέτρον	τὼ μέτρω	τὰ μέτρᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ μέτρου	τοῖν μέτροιν	τῶν μέτρων
Dative	τῷ μέτρῳ	τοῖν μέτροιν	τοῖς μέτροις
Accusative	τὸ μέτρον	τὼ μέτρω	τὰ μέτρᾰ
Vocative	μέτρον	μέτρω	μέτρᾰ

Descendants

• English: metron

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3358