διάμετρον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.me.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.me.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.me.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.me.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.me.tron/
Adjective
δῐᾰ́μετρον • (dĭắmetron)
- neuter nominative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
- neuter accusative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
- neuter vocative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
Noun
δῐᾰ́μετρον • (dĭắmetron) n (genitive δῐᾰμέτρου); second declension
- diagonal of a parallelogram
- hypotenuse
- diameter of a circle, of other curves
- axis of a cone
- mitre square
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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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