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μέτρον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (to measure) + -τρον (-tron).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μέτρον (métronn (genitive μέτρου); second declension

  1. something used to measure: measure, rule, weight
  2. length, width, breadth
  3. (music, poetry) metre

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέτρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 939-40

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