dodecaedron
English edit
Noun edit
dodecaedron
- Alternative spelling of dodecahedron
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον (dōdekáedron).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /do.de.kaˈeː.dron/, [d̪ɔd̪ɛkäˈeːd̪rɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.de.kaˈe.dron/, [d̪od̪ekäˈɛːd̪ron]
Noun edit
dodecaēdron n (genitive dodecaēdrī); second declension
- dodecahedron
- 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 23:
- Vidi enim Dresdae in aede Regia cui Stabulo nomen, exornatum abacum aere argentoso, ex quo quasi efflorescebat dodecaedron avellanae parvae magnitudine, dimidia parte extans.
- Indeed I saw in the Royal Palace in Dresden, called Stabulo, a wall panel equipped with silver ore, from which was blooming a dodecahedron with the size of a small hazelnut, projecting halfway.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dodecaēdron | dodecaēdra |
| Genitive | dodecaēdrī | dodecaēdrōrum |
| Dative | dodecaēdrō | dodecaēdrīs |
| Accusative | dodecaēdron | dodecaēdra |
| Ablative | dodecaēdrō | dodecaēdrīs |
| Vocative | dodecaēdron | dodecaēdra |