ἑξάμετρος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- Expressed in dactylic hexameter and the Epic Epic dialect: hexametric
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μέτρον (measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέτρον
Gloss
measure, rule, size, length, poetic metre, metron, meter
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -meter English
- emmetropia English
- centum Latin
- diametros Latin
- hexameter Latin
- meter Latin
- metrum Latin
- pes Latin
- -metro Italian
- hexameter Dutch, Flemish
- metrum Dutch, Flemish
- mètre French
- метр Russian
- -metro Spanish, Castilian
- διάμετρος Ancient Greek
- μέτριος Ancient Greek
- μέτρον Ancient Greek
- πυρομέτρης Ancient Greek
- συμμετρία Ancient Greek
- ἰσομέτρητος Ancient Greek
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- -metro Portuguese
- metr Czech
- -metre Catalan, Valencian
- -metro Galician
- μέτρο Greek (modern)