diametros

See also: diámetros and diâmetros

Interlingua

Noun

diametros

1. plural of diametro

Latin

Alternative forms

• diameter m
• diametrus m

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros, “diameter”), from δῐᾰ- (dia-, “through, across”) +‎ μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.me.tros/, [d̪iˈämɛt̪rɔs̠] or IPA^(key): /di.aˈmet.ros/, [d̪iäˈmɛt̪rɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.me.tros/, [d̪iˈäːmet̪ros] or IPA^(key): /di.aˈmet.ros/, [d̪iäˈmɛt̪ros]

Noun

diametros f (genitive diametrī); second declension

1. diameter
2. from a diametric position, opposite

e.g. Cornelius a Lapide: Commentarii in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus X, Lugduni, apud Pelagaud et Lesne, MDCCCXI: Apocalypsin, Chapter 20, p 1309, left column, third paragraph body:

Ita ipse; sed haec ex diametros pugnant cum verbis et mente S. Joannis, aeque ac cum rerum eventu, et cum fide orthodoxa.

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.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diametros	diametrī
Genitive	diametrī	diametrōrum
Dative	diametrō	diametrīs
Accusative	diametron	diametrōs
Ablative	diametrō	diametrīs
Vocative	diametre	diametrī

References

• “diametros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• diametros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• https://glosbe.com/la/en/diametros