συμμετρία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”) + -ία (-ía), from σῠν- (sun-, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sym.me.trí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sym.meˈtri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sym.meˈtri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sym.meˈtri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.meˈtri.a/
Noun
σῠμμετρῐ́ᾱ • (summetríā) f (genitive σῠμμετρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- commensurability
- symmetry, due proportion
- a woman's robe without a train
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Antonyms
- ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría)
Descendants
Further reading
- “συμμετρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- συμμετρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- proportion idem, page 653.
- regularity idem, page 687.
- symmetry idem, page 850.
Greek
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Noun
συμμετρία • (symmetría) f (plural συμμετρίες)
- symmetry, harmony, proportion
- Antonym: ασυμμετρία (asymmetría)
Declension
declension of συμμετρία
| case \ number | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) • | συμμετρίες • |
| genitive | συμμετρίας • | συμμετριών • |
| accusative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) • | συμμετρίες • |
| vocative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) • | συμμετρίες • |
Related terms
- ασυμμετρία f (asymmetría, “asymmetry”)
- ασύμμετρος (asýmmetros, “asymmetric”, adjective)
- σύμμετρος (sýmmetros, “symmetrical”, adjective)
Further reading
συμμετρία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- συμμετρία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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