geometres

See also: géomètres

Latin

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs).

Noun

geōmetrēs m (genitive geōmetrae); first declension

geometer, geometrician
- c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.20.1:
  Figūrārum, quae σχήματα geōmetrae appellant, genera sunt duo, 'plānum' et 'solidum'.
  Of figures, which geometers call σχήματα, there are two kinds, 'plane' and 'solid'.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	geōmetrēs	geōmetrae
genitive	geōmetrae	geōmetrārum
dative	geōmetrae	geōmetrīs
accusative	geōmetrēn	geōmetrās
ablative	geōmetrē	geōmetrīs
vocative	geōmetrē	geōmetrae

Related terms

Descendants

Descendants

→ Catalan: geòmetra (learned)
→ Czech: geometr
→ English: geometer
→ Esperanto: geometro
→ French: géomètre (learned)
→ German: Geometer
→ Italian: geometra (learned)
→ Portuguese: geómetra, geômetra (Brazil) (learned)
→ Romanian: geometru, geometră (learned)
→ Spanish: geómetra (learned)

References

“geometres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“geometres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
geometres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.