pancratium metrum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom pancratius (“athletic, Pancratian”) (from pancratium (“a contest blending boxing and wrestling”)) + metrum (“measure; meter”). Mentioned in Marius Honoratus Servius's Dē centum metrīs.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /panˈkra.ti.um ˈme.trum/, [päŋˈkrät̪iʊ̃ˑ ˈmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /panˈkrat.t͡si.um ˈme.trum/, [päŋˈkrät̪ː͡s̪ium ˈmɛːt̪rum]
Noun
editpancratium metrum n (genitive pancratiī metrī); second declension
- Pancratian meter, a trochaic meter consisting of hypercatalectic monometer
Declension
editSecond-declension adjective with a second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pancratium metrum | pancratia metra |
Genitive | pancratiī metrī | pancratiōrum metrōrum |
Dative | pancratiō metrō | pancratiīs metrīs |
Accusative | pancratium metrum | pancratia metra |
Ablative | pancratiō metrō | pancratiīs metrīs |
Vocative | pancratium metrum | pancratia metra |
Descendants
edit- English: Pancratian
References
edit- ^ Dē centum metrīs "Dē trochaicīs"
- “pancratius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press