metricus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek, either directly from μετρικός (metrikós), or via metrum + -icus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.tri.kus/, [ˈmɛt̪rɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.tri.kus/, [ˈmɛːt̪rikus]
Adjective
metricus (feminine metrica, neuter metricum); first/second-declension adjective
- metrical (of or pertaining to measurement)
- (poetry) metric, metrical (of or pertaining to poetic metre)
- (New Latin) metric (of or pertaining to the metric system)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | metricus | metrica | metricum | metricī | metricae | metrica | |
| Genitive | metricī | metricae | metricī | metricōrum | metricārum | metricōrum | |
| Dative | metricō | metricō | metricīs | ||||
| Accusative | metricum | metricam | metricum | metricōs | metricās | metrica | |
| Ablative | metricō | metricā | metricō | metricīs | |||
| Vocative | metrice | metrica | metricum | metricī | metricae | metrica | |
Descendants
- Catalan: mètric
- French: métrique
- Galician: métrico
- Italian: metrico
- Occitan: metric
- Portuguese: métrico
- Spanish: métrico
References
- “metricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- metricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette