metreta
English
Noun
metreta
- Alternative form of metrete
Italian
Noun
metreta f (plural metrete)
- metrete
Anagrams
- marette, metterà, tremate
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈtreː.ta/, [mɛˈt̪reːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈtre.ta/, [meˈt̪rɛːt̪ä]
Noun
metrēta f (genitive metrētae); first declension
- metrete
- tun, cask
- (unit of weight) metric ton
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Statio spatialis Sinensium praecipitavit , 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.
- Illa statio quidem erat pondo octo metretarum, sed maiore parte eius in atmosphaera exusta, paucissima scruta in oceanum ceciderunt.
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Statio spatialis Sinensium praecipitavit , Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:
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