metreta

metreta f (plural metrete)

1. metrete

• marette
• metterà
• tremate

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /meˈtreː.ta/, [mɛˈtreː.ta]

metrēta f (genitive metrētae); first declension

1. metrete
2. tun, cask
3. (unit of weight) metric ton
   • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Statio spatialis Sinensium praecipitavit , Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:

     Illa statio quidem erat pondo octo metretarum, sed maiore parte eius in atmosphaera exusta, paucissima scruta in oceanum ceciderunt.

     In fact, the station weighed eight metric tons, but most of it was burnt up in the atmosphere, and only very small bits came down in the ocean.

First declension.

• metreta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metreta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• metreta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• metreta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette