petra
See also: Petra
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin petra (“rock”). Doublet of piedra.
Noun edit
petra
- stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 209:
- Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
petra
- what?
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
petra (dialectal)
- Alternative form of peura
Declension edit
Inflection of petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | petra | petrat | ||
genitive | petran | petrojen | ||
partitive | petraa | petroja | ||
illative | petraan | petroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | petra | petrat | ||
accusative | nom. | petra | petrat | |
gen. | petran | |||
genitive | petran | petrojen petrainrare | ||
partitive | petraa | petroja | ||
inessive | petrassa | petroissa | ||
elative | petrasta | petroista | ||
illative | petraan | petroihin | ||
adessive | petralla | petroilla | ||
ablative | petralta | petroilta | ||
allative | petralle | petroille | ||
essive | petrana | petroina | ||
translative | petraksi | petroiksi | ||
abessive | petratta | petroitta | ||
instructive | — | petroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Gallurese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Classical Latin petra, borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra), of unknown further etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
petra f (plural petri)
- stone
- (uncountable) a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks
- a piece of stone
References edit
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
petra (plural petras)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
A late borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”), further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛt̪rä] or IPA(key): /ˈpet.ra/, [ˈpɛt̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛːt̪rä]
Noun edit
petra f (genitive petrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | petra | petrae |
Genitive | petrae | petrārum |
Dative | petrae | petrīs |
Accusative | petram | petrās |
Ablative | petrā | petrīs |
Vocative | petra | petrae |
Derived terms edit
- petrificātiō
- petrificō
- Petrus
- sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; that is, found as an incrustation)
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “petra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “petra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- petra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- petra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “petra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “petra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “petra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “petra”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
petra f