dodecaedron
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]dodecaedron
- Alternative spelling of dodecahedron
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον (dōdekáedron).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /do.de.kaˈeː.dron/, [d̪ɔd̪ɛkäˈeːd̪rɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.de.kaˈe.dron/, [d̪od̪ekäˈɛːd̪ron]
Noun
[edit]dodecaēdron n (genitive dodecaēdrī); second declension
- dodecahedron
- 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 23:
- Vidi enim Dresdae in aede Regia cui Stabulo nomen, exornatum abacum aere argentoso, ex quo quasi efflorescebat dodecaedron avellanae parvae magnitudine, dimidia parte extans.
- Indeed I saw in the Royal Palace in Dresden, called Stabulo, a wall panel equipped with silver ore, from which was blooming a dodecahedron with the size of a small hazelnut, projecting halfway.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dodecaēdron | dodecaēdra |
| genitive | dodecaēdrī | dodecaēdrōrum |
| dative | dodecaēdrō | dodecaēdrīs |
| accusative | dodecaēdron | dodecaēdra |
| ablative | dodecaēdrō | dodecaēdrīs |
| vocative | dodecaēdron | dodecaēdra |