pancratium metrum

Latin

Etymology

From pancratius (“athletic, Pancratian”) (from pancratium (“a contest blending boxing and wrestling”)) + metrum (“measure; meter”). Mentioned in Marius Honoratus Servius's Dē centum metrīs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /panˈkra.ti.um ˈme.trum/, [päŋˈkrät̪iʊ̃ˑ ˈmɛt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /panˈkrat.t͡si.um ˈme.trum/, [päŋˈkrät̪ː͡s̪ium ˈmɛːt̪rum]

Noun

pancratium metrum n (genitive pancratiī metrī); second declension

1. Pancratian meter, a trochaic meter consisting of hypercatalectic monometer

Declension

Second-declension adjective with a second-declension noun (neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	pancratium metrum	pancratia metra
genitive	pancratiī metrī	pancratiōrum metrōrum
dative	pancratiō metrō	pancratiīs metrīs
accusative	pancratium metrum	pancratia metra
ablative	pancratiō metrō	pancratiīs metrīs
vocative	pancratium metrum	pancratia metra

Descendants

• English: Pancratian

References

• “pancratius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press