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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.á.me.tron/ → /ðiˈa.me.tron/ → /ðiˈa.me.tron/
Adjective
δῐᾰ́μετρον • (diámetron)
- neuter nominative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
- neuter accusative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
- neuter vocative singular of διάμετρος (diámetros)
Noun
δῐᾰ́μετρον • (diámetron) n (genitive δῐᾰμέτρου); second declension
- diagonal of a parallelogram
- hypotenuse
- diameter of a circle, of other curves
- axis of a cone
- mitre square
Inflection
Further reading
- “διάμετρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάμετρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάμετρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διάμετρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- διάμετρον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften