LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

geōmetrēs

geōmetrēs m (genitive geōmetrae)

Meaning

  1. geometer, geometrician
    Figūrārum, quae σχήματα geōmetrae appellant, genera sunt duo, 'plānum' et 'solidum'.c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.20.1

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegeōmetrēsgeōmetrae
genitivegeōmetraegeōmetrārum
dativegeōmetraegeōmetrīs
accusativegeōmetrēngeōmetrās
ablativegeōmetrēgeōmetrīs
vocativegeōmetrēgeōmetrae

gĕōmē^tres, ae (also gĕōmē^tra, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14, 2;
I. and gĕŏmetra, ae, Sid. Ep. 4, 11: geo͡mētrēs, trisyl., Juv. 3, 76), m., = γεωμέτρης, a geometer, geometrician: quomodo geometres cernere ea potest quae aut nulla sunt aut internosci a falsis non possunt? Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22: geometres, Quint. 1, 10, 6; Juv. 3, 76.—Dat. geometrae, Quint. 1, 12, 6.—Acc. geometren, id. 1, 10, 4.— Plur.: geometrae, Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33; id. Fat. 8, 15; Quint. 12, 11, 20; Fragm. Jur. Rom. Vatic. 150 Huschke.—Dat. geometris, id. 1, 10, 18.—Acc. geometras, id. 5, 10, 7.

Origins

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs).

Descendants
  • Catalangeòmetra
  • Englishgeometer
  • Frenchgéomètre
  • GermanGeometer
  • Italiangeometra
  • Portuguesegeómetra
  • Portuguesegeômetra
  • Romaniangeometru
  • Romaniangeometră
  • Spanishgeómetra

In English words that came into English from geōmetrēs

  • geometergeōmetrēs

Quick answers

What does geōmetrēs mean in Latin?
geōmetrēs, a noun, means “geometer, geometrician”.
What is the genitive of geōmetrēs?
The genitive singular is geōmetrae. geōmetrēs is masculine, first declension.