διάμετρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῐᾰ- (dia-, “through”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.me.tros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.me.tros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.me.tros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.me.tros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.me.tros/
Noun
δῐᾰ́μετρος • (diámetros) f (genitive δῐᾰμέτρου); second declension
- the diameter or diagonal of a parallelogram
- the diameter of a circle
- a rule for drawing the diameter
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰ́μετρος ho diámetros |
τὼ δῐᾰμέτρω tṑ diamétrō |
οἱ δῐᾰ́μετροι hoi diámetroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰμέτρου toû diamétrou |
τοῖν δῐᾰμέτροιν toîn diamétroin |
τῶν δῐᾰμέτρων tôn diamétrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δῐᾰμέτρῳ tôi diamétrōi |
τοῖν δῐᾰμέτροιν toîn diamétroin |
τοῖς δῐᾰμέτροις toîs diamétrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰ́μετρον tòn diámetron |
τὼ δῐᾰμέτρω tṑ diamétrō |
τοὺς δῐᾰμέτρους toùs diamétrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́μετρε diámetre |
δῐᾰμέτρω diamétrō |
δῐᾰ́μετροι diámetroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Russian: диаметр (diametr)
References
- “διάμετρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάμετρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάμετρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διάμετρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Noun
διάμετρος • (diámetros) f (plural διάμετροι)
Declension
declension of διάμετρος
See also
- ακτίνα f (aktína, “radius”)
- περιφέρεια f (periféreia, “circumference”)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with δια-
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- el:Geometry
- el:Engineering
- Greek nouns declining like 'διάμετρος'