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μέτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέτρον μέτρου

Structure: μετρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. something used to measure: measure, rule, weight
  2. length, width, breadth
  3. (music) metre

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

  • τὸ δὲ γομὸρ τὸ δέκατον τῶν τριῶν μέτρων ἦν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 16:36)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ τοῖσ ἐργαζομένοισ τοῖσ κόπτουσι ξύλα εἰσ βρώματα δέδωκα σῖτον εἰσ δόματα τοῖσ παισί σου κόρων πυροῦ εἴκοσι χιλιάδασ καὶ κριθῶν κόρων εἴκοσι χιλιάδασ καὶ οἴνου μέτρων εἴκοσι χιλιάδασ καὶ ἐλαίου μέτρων εἴκοσι χιλιάδασ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 2:10)
  • οὐ γάρ, οἶμαι, χρὴ παρὰ τῶν ποιητῶν ἐσ τὸ λεπτότατον ἀκριβολογουμένουσ ἀπαιτεῖν κατὰ συλλαβὴν ἑκάστην ἐντελῆ πάντωσ τὰ εἰρημένα, κἂν εἴ τι ἐν τῷ τῆσ ποιήσεωσ δρόμῳ παραρρυὲν λάθῃ, πικρῶσ τοῦτο ἐξετάζειν, ἀλλ̓ εἰδέναι ὅτι πολλὰ ἡμεῖσ καὶ τῶν μέτρων ἕνεκα καὶ τῆσ εὐφωνίασ ἐπεμβάλλομεν· (Lucian, 8:2)
  • τὸ γὰρ πάντων ἀτοπώτατον, κρᾶσίν τινα παράδοξον κέκραμαι καὶ οὔτε πεζόσ εἰμι οὔτε ἐπὶ τῶν μέτρων βέβηκα, ἀλλὰ ἱπποκενταύρου δίκην σύνθετόν τι καὶ ξένον φάσμα τοῖσ ἀκούουσι δοκῶ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 33:12)

Synonyms

  1. length

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