metreta

English

Noun

metreta

1. Alternative form of metrete

Italian

Noun

metreta f (plural metrete)

1. metrete

Anagrams

• marette, metterà, tremate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /meˈtreː.ta/, [mɛˈt̪reːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈtre.ta/, [meˈt̪rɛːt̪ä]

Noun

metrēta f (genitive metrētae); first declension

1. metrete
2. tun, cask
3. (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.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	metrēta	metrētae
Genitive	metrētae	metrētārum
Dative	metrētae	metrētīs
Accusative	metrētam	metrētās
Ablative	metrētā	metrētīs
Vocative	metrēta	metrētae

References

• “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.