diametros

See also: diámetros and diâmetros

Interlingua

Noun

diametros

plural of diametro

Latin

Alternative forms

diameter m
diametrus m

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros, “diameter”), from δῐᾰ- (dia-, “through, across”) +‎ μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈa.me.tros/, [d̪iˈämɛt̪rɔs̠] or IPA^(key): /di.aˈmet.ros/, [d̪iäˈmɛt̪rɔs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.me.tros/, [d̪iˈäːmet̪ros] or IPA^(key): /di.aˈmet.ros/, [d̪iäˈmɛt̪ros]

Noun

diametros f (genitive diametrī); second declension

diameter
from a diametric position, opposite

e.g. Cornelius a Lapide: Commentarii in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus X, Lugduni, apud Pelagaud et Lesne, MDCCCXI: Apocalypsin, Chapter 20, p 1309, left column, third paragraph body:

Ita ipse; sed haec ex diametros pugnant cum verbis et mente S. Joannis, aeque ac cum rerum eventu, et cum fide orthodoxa.

Thus of themselves; but these out of a diametrical position fights with the words and mind of S. John, and equally with matters of the events, and with the orthodox faith.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diametros	diametrī
Genitive	diametrī	diametrōrum
Dative	diametrō	diametrīs
Accusative	diametron	diametrōs
Ablative	diametrō	diametrīs
Vocative	diametre	diametrī

References

“diametros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
diametros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
https://glosbe.com/la/en/diametros