διάμετρον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
수학
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
διάμετρον
διαμέτρου
Structure:
διαμετρ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- diagonal of a parallelogram
- hypotenuse
- diameter of a circle, of other curves
- axis of a cone
- 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.
- ἐνειργάσατο δ’ ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ τῶν πρὸσ τὸ ζῆν ἀναγκαίων ἔνδειαν, κριθίδια καὶ πυροὺσ ὀλίγουσ διαμετρῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 52 3:2)
- ὧν ἐπίτριτοσ πυθμὴν πεμπάδι συζυγεὶσ δύο ἁρμονίασ παρέχεται τρὶσ αὐξηθείσ, τὴν μὲν ἴσην ἰσάκισ, ἑκατὸν τοσαυτάκισ, τὴν δὲ ἰσομήκη μὲν τῇ, προμήκη δέ, ἑκατὸν μὲν ἀριθμῶν ἀπὸ διαμέτρων ῥητῶν πεμπάδοσ, δεομένων ἑνὸσ ἑκάστων, ἀρρήτων δὲ δυοῖν, ἑκατὸν δὲ κύβων τριάδοσ. (Plato, Republic, book 8 48:1)
- Τὰ ἐν τοῖσ κύκλοισ ὅμοια πολύγωνα πρὸσ ἄλληλά ἐστιν ὡσ τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν διαμέτρων τετράγωνα. (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop1)
- Τὰ ἄρα ἐν τοῖσ κύκλοισ ὅμοια πολύγωνα πρὸσ ἄλληλά ἐστιν ὡσ τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν διαμέτρων τετράγωνα· (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop19)
- Οἱ κύκλοι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ εἰσὶν ὡσ τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν διαμέτρων τετράγωνα. (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop21)
Synonyms
-
diagonal of a parallelogram
- διάμετρος (the diameter or diagonal of a parallelogram)
-
diameter of a circle
-
axis of a cone
