geometres

See also: géomètres

Latin

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs).

Noun

geōmetrēs m (genitive geōmetrae); first declension

1. geometer, geometrician
   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.20.1:

     Figūrārum, quae σχήματα geōmetrae appellant, genera sunt duo, 'plānum' et 'solidum'.

     Of figures, which geometers call σχήματα, there are two kinds, 'plane' and 'solid'.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	geōmetrēs	geōmetrae
genitive	geōmetrae	geōmetrārum
dative	geōmetrae	geōmetrīs
accusative	geōmetrēn	geōmetrās
ablative	geōmetrē	geōmetrīs
vocative	geōmetrē	geōmetrae

Related terms

• geōmetria
• geōmetricus

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: geòmetra (learned)
• → Czech: geometr
• → English: geometer
• → Esperanto: geometro
• → French: géomètre (learned)
• → German: Geometer
• → Italian: geometra (learned)
• → Portuguese: geómetra, geômetra (Brazil) (learned)
• → Romanian: geometru, geometră (learned)
• → Spanish: geómetra (learned)

References

• “geometres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “geometres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• geometres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.