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διάμετρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάμετρον διαμέτρου

Structure: διαμετρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. diagonal of a parallelogram
  2. hypotenuse
  3. diameter of a circle, of other curves
  4. axis of a cone
  5. mitre square

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῶν ἀστέρων, οἱ δ’ ἄγαν ἀκριβοῦν δοκοῦντεσ ἐν ταῖσ τῶν ἐπικύκλων διαμέτροισ ζητοῦσι τὰσ εἰρημένασ ἀναλογίασ, ὡσ τὴν ψυχὴν ἕνεκα τούτων τοῦ δημιουργοῦ τοῖσ οὐρανίοισ ἐναρμόσαντοσ, εἰσ ἑπτὰ μοίρασ νενεμημένην. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 31 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. diagonal of a parallelogram

  2. diameter of a circle

  3. axis of a cone

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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