Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure) + -τρον (-tron).

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μέτρον (métronn (genitive μέτρου); second declension

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

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