διάμετρον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.me.tron/ → /ðiˈa.me.tron/ → /ðiˈa.me.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.me.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.me.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.me.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.me.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.me.tron/

Adjective

δῐᾰ́μετρον • (dĭắmetron)

1. neuter nominative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
2. neuter accusative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
3. neuter vocative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)

Noun

δῐᾰ́μετρον • (dĭắmetron) n (genitive δῐᾰμέτρου); second declension

1. diagonal of a parallelogram
2. hypotenuse
3. diameter of a circle, of other curves
4. axis of a cone
5. mitre square

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́μετρον; τοῦ δῐᾰμέτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́μετρον tò dĭắmetron	τὼ δῐᾰμέτρω tṑ dĭămétrō	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰ́μετρᾰ tằ dĭắmetră
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰμέτρου toû dĭămétrou	τοῖν δῐᾰμέτροιν toîn dĭămétroin	τῶν δῐᾰμέτρων tôn dĭămétrōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰμέτρῳ tōî dĭămétrōi	τοῖν δῐᾰμέτροιν toîn dĭămétroin	τοῖς δῐᾰμέτροις toîs dĭămétrois
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́μετρον tò dĭắmetron	τὼ δῐᾰμέτρω tṑ dĭămétrō	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰ́μετρᾰ tằ dĭắmetră
Vocative	δῐᾰ́μετρον dĭắmetron	δῐᾰμέτρω dĭămétrō	δῐᾰ́μετρᾰ dĭắmetră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “διάμετρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάμετρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάμετρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάμετρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• διάμετρον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften