"μέτρον" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mé.tron/, /ˈme.tron/, /ˈme.tron/, /mé.tron/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈme.tron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈme.tron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈme.tron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈme.tron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) + -τρον (-tron). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*meh₁-||to measure}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”), {{af|grc|-τρον}} -τρον (-tron) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μέτρου|n|second}} μέτρον • (métron) n (genitive μέτρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μέτρον|ου}} Forms: métron [romanization], μέτρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ μέτρον [nominative, singular], τὼ μέτρω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ μέτρᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ μέτρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν μέτροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μέτρων [genitive, plural], τῷ μέτρῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν μέτροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς μέτροις [dative, plural], τὸ μέτρον [accusative, singular], τὼ μέτρω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ μέτρᾰ [accusative, plural], μέτρον [singular, vocative], μέτρω [dual, vocative], μέτρᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. something used to measure: measure, rule, weight
    Sense id: en-μέτρον-grc-noun-JLv5NDYj
  2. length, width, breadth
    Sense id: en-μέτρον-grc-noun-8s-ZZibK
  3. (music, poetry) metre Categories (topical): Music, Poetry
    Sense id: en-μέτρον-grc-noun-s1zk~XyP Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 28 23 49 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον: 27 22 51 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 17 14 68 Topics: communications, entertainment, journalism, lifestyle, literature, media, music, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -μετρία (-metría), μετρικός (metrikós), μέτριος (métrios), μετρώ (metrṓ), τετρᾰ́μετρος (tetrámetros)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.tron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μέτρον"
}

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