metricus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, either directly from μετρικός (metrikós), or via metrum +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

metricus (feminine metrica, neuter metricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. metrical (of or pertaining to measurement)
  2. (poetry) metric, metrical (of or pertaining to poetic metre)
  3. (New Latin) metric (of or pertaining to the metric system)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative metricus metrica metricum metricī metricae metrica
Genitive metricī metricae metricī metricōrum metricārum metricōrum
Dative metricō metricō metricīs
Accusative metricum metricam metricum metricōs metricās metrica
Ablative metricō metricā metricō metricīs
Vocative metrice metrica metricum metricī metricae metrica

Descendants

Descendants of metricus

References

  • “metricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • metricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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