metricus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, either directly from μετρικός (metrikós), or via metrum +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

metricus (feminine metrica, neuter metricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. metrical (of or pertaining to measurement)
  2. (poetry) metric, metrical (of or pertaining to poetic metre)
  3. (New Latin) metric (of or pertaining to the metric system)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative metricus metrica metricum metricī metricae metrica
genitive metricī metricae metricī metricōrum metricārum metricōrum
dative metricō metricae metricō metricīs
accusative metricum metricam metricum metricōs metricās metrica
ablative metricō metricā metricō metricīs
vocative metrice metrica metricum metricī metricae metrica

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “metricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • metricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.