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.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /panˈkra.ti.um ˈme.trum/, [paŋˈkra.ti.ũː ˈmɛ.trũː]
Noun
pancratium metrum n (genitive pancratiī metrī); second declension
- Pancratian meter, a trochaic meter consisting of hypercatalectic monometer
Declension
Second-declension adjective with a second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | 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
- Dē centum metrīs "Dē trochaicīs"
- pancratius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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