μέτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) + -τρον (-tron).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    μέτρον • (métron) n (genitive μέτρου); second declension

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

    Inflection

    Second declension of τὸ μέτρον; τοῦ μέτρου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative τὸ μέτρον
    tò métron     		τὼ μέτρω
    tṑ métrō     		τᾰ̀ μέτρᾰ
    tằ métră
    Genitive τοῦ μέτρου
    toû métrou     		τοῖν μέτροιν
    toîn métroin     		τῶν μέτρων
    tôn métrōn
    Dative τῷ μέτρῳ
    tōî métrōi     		τοῖν μέτροιν
    toîn métroin     		τοῖς μέτροις
    toîs métrois
    Accusative τὸ μέτρον
    tò métron     		τὼ μέτρω
    tṑ métrō     		τᾰ̀ μέτρᾰ
    tằ métră
    Vocative μέτρον
    métron     		μέτρω
    métrō     		μέτρᾰ
    métră
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: μέτρο (métro)
    • → English: metron
    • → Latin: metrum

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέτρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 939-40

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