metricus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, either directly from μετρικός (metrikós), or via metrum +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tri.kus/, [ˈmɛt̪rɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tri.kus/, [ˈmɛːt̪rikus]

Adjective

metricus (feminine metrica, neuter metricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. metrical (of or pertaining to measurement)
2. (poetry) metric, metrical (of or pertaining to poetic metre)
3. (New Latin) metric (of or pertaining to the metric system)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	metricus	metrica	metricum		metricī	metricae	metrica
genitive	metricī	metricae	metricī		metricōrum	metricārum	metricōrum
dative	metricō	metricae	metricō		metricīs
accusative	metricum	metricam	metricum		metricōs	metricās	metrica
ablative	metricō	metricā	metricō		metricīs
vocative	metrice	metrica	metricum		metricī	metricae	metrica

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: mètric
• French: métrique
• Galician: métrico
• Italian: metrico
• Occitan: metric
• Portuguese: métrico
• Spanish: métrico
• → Danish: metrisk
• → Dutch: metrisch
• → English: metric
• → German: metrisch
• → Norwegian Bokmål: metrisk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: metrisk
• → Swedish: metrisk

References

• “metricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.