metreta
English
editNoun
editmetreta
- Alternative form of metrete
Italian
editNoun
editmetreta f (plural metrete)
Anagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meˈtreː.ta/, [mɛˈt̪reːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈtre.ta/, [meˈt̪rɛːt̪ä]
Noun
editmetrēta f (genitive metrētae); first declension
- metrete
- tun, cask
- (unit of weight) metric ton
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Statio spatialis Sinensium praecipitavit [1], Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:
- Illa statio quidem erat pondo octo metretarum, sed maiore parte eius in atmosphaera exusta, paucissima scruta in oceanum ceciderunt.
- In fact, the station weighed eight metric tons, but most of it was burnt up in the atmosphere, and only very small bits came down in the ocean.
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Statio spatialis Sinensium praecipitavit [1], Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | metrēta | metrētae |
Genitive | metrētae | metrētārum |
Dative | metrētae | metrētīs |
Accusative | metrētam | metrētās |
Ablative | metrētā | metrētīs |
Vocative | metrēta | metrētae |
References
edit- “metreta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “metreta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- metreta 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)
- metreta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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