noun · femininesecond declension
diametros
diametros f (genitive diametrī)
Classical[diˈa.mɛ.trɔs]Ecclesiastical[diˈaː.me.tros]
Meaning
- femininediameter
diameter trānsversa et longitūdinālis
transverse and longitudinal diameterdiameter rēcta/conjugāta, oblīqua et trānsversa
(pelvic measurements) - femininediametric position, opposite
Ita ipse; sed haec ex diametrō pugnant cum verbīs et mente S. Joannis, aeque ac cum rērum ēventū, et cum fidē orthodoxā.
Thus of themselves; but these out of a diametrical position fights with the words and mind of S. John, and equally with matters of the events, and with the orthodox faith.(Can we date this quote?), Cornelius a Lapide, “MDCCCXI: Apocalypsin, Chapter 20, p 1309”, in Commentarii in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus X, Lugduni, apud Pelagaud et Lesne:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | diametros | diametrī diametroe |
| genitive | diametrī | diametrōrum |
| dative | diametrō | diametrīs |
| accusative | diametron diamētrum, diametrum | diametrōs |
| ablative | diametrō | diametrīs |
| vocative | diametre | diametrī diametroe |
dĭămē^tros, i, f., = διάμετρος,
II. Adj., central: radiatio, Firm. Math. 4, 1 med.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindiametros
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros)bor. Latin diametros Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros, “diameter”), from δῐᾰ- (dĭă-, “through, across”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
In English words that came into English from diametros
- diameterdiametros
- diametraldiametrālis