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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

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

  • 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)
  • Οἱ ἄρα κύκλοι πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ εἰσὶν ὡσ τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν διαμέτρων τετράγωνα· (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop56)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. the diameter or diagonal of a parallelogram

  2. the diameter of a circle

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