LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

metrum

metrum n (genitive metrī)
Classical[ˈmɛ.trũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.trum]

Meaning

  1. neutera measure
  2. New Latinneutera meter (unit of measurement)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemetrummetra
genitivemetrīmetrōrum
dativemetrōmetrīs
accusativemetrummetra
ablativemetrōmetrīs
vocativemetrummetra

mē^trum, i, n., = μέτρον,
I. a measure; in partic., a poetical measure, metre; a verse (post-Aug.): rhythmi, id est numeri, spatio temporum constant: metra etiam ordine: ideoque alterum esse quantitatis videtur, alterum qualitatis, Quint. 9, 4, 46: metri necessitate cogi, id. 8, 6, 17; 1, 6, 2: metri causā, Gell. 4, 17, 9: Tibulli, i. e. elegiac metre, Mart. 4, 6, 4: exceptis metris Vergilii, i. e. verses, Col. 3, 10, 20 dub.

Origins

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianmietro
  • Italianmiero
  • Italianmetro
  • Venetanmierofrom Old Venetan miero
Elsewhere
  • Frenchmètre
  • GermanMetrum
  • Italianmetro
  • Indonesianmetrumfrom Dutch metrum
  • LuxembourgishMetrum
  • Old Irishmetar
  • Polishmetrum
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishmiedrofrom Leonese miedro
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Old Friulianmiedri
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardmeder
  • Piedmontesemeder

Quick answers

What does metrum mean in Latin?
metrum, a noun, means “a measure; a meter (unit of measurement)”.
What is the genitive of metrum?
The genitive singular is metrī. metrum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce metrum?
In classical Latin, [ˈmɛ.trũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɛː.trum].