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διάμετρος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 수학 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάμετρος διαμέτρου

Structure: διαμετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the diameter or diagonal of a parallelogram
  2. the diameter of a circle

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative διάμετρος διαμέτρω διάμετροι
Genitive διαμέτρου διαμέτροιν διαμέτρων
Dative διαμέτρῳ διαμέτροιν διαμέτροις
Accusative διάμετρον διαμέτρω διαμέτρους
Vocative διάμετρε διαμέτρω διάμετροι

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

  • καὶ διαμέτρουσ καὶ σφῆνασ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Episode 1:11)
  • εἰ δὲ κύκλουσ, καὶ διαμέτρουσ κύκλων θετέον μήτ’ ἴσουσ μήτ’ ἀνίσουσ εἰ δὲ τοῦτο, καὶ γωνίασ καὶ τρίγωνα καὶ παραλληλόγραμμα καὶ παραλληλεπίπεδα καὶ σώματα. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 39 13:1)
  • σύνδυο δὲ τοιούτων κατὰ διάμετρον συντιθεμένων καὶ τρὶσ τούτου γενομένου, τὰσ διαμέτρουσ καὶ τὰσ βραχείασ πλευρὰσ εἰσ ταὐτὸν ὡσ κέντρον ἐρεισάντων, ἓν ἰσόπλευρον τρίγωνον ἐξ ἓξ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὄντων γέγονεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 236:3)

Synonyms

  1. the diameter or diagonal of a parallelogram

  2. the diameter of a circle

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