pancratium metrum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From 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) IPA(key): /panˈkra.ti.um ˈme.trum/, [päŋˈkrät̪iʊ̃ˑ ˈmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /panˈkrat.t͡si.um ˈme.trum/, [päŋˈkrät̪ː͡s̪ium ˈmɛːt̪rum]
Noun edit
pancratium metrum n (genitive pancratiī metrī); second declension
- Pancratian meter, a trochaic meter consisting of hypercatalectic monometer
Declension edit
Second-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