petra
See also: Petra
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin petra (“rock”). Doublet of piedra.
Noun
editpetra
- stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 209:
- Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.
Anagrams
editBreton
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editpetra
- what?
Finnish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpetra (dialectal)
- Alternative form of peura
Declension
editInflection of petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | petra | petrat | |
genitive | petran | petrojen | |
partitive | petraa | petroja | |
illative | petraan | petroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | petra | petrat | |
accusative | nom. | petra | petrat |
gen. | petran | ||
genitive | petran | petrojen petrain rare | |
partitive | petraa | petroja | |
inessive | petrassa | petroissa | |
elative | petrasta | petroista | |
illative | petraan | petroihin | |
adessive | petralla | petroilla | |
ablative | petralta | petroilta | |
allative | petralle | petroille | |
essive | petrana | petroina | |
translative | petraksi | petroiksi | |
abessive | petratta | petroitta | |
instructive | — | petroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Gallurese
editEtymology
editInherited from Classical Latin petra, borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra), of unknown further etymology.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpetra f (plural petri)
- stone
- (uncountable) a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks
- a piece of stone
References
editInterlingua
editNoun
editpetra (plural petras)
Latin
editEtymology
editA late borrowing from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”), further etymology unknown.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛt̪rä] or IPA(key): /ˈpet.ra/, [ˈpɛt̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛːt̪rä]
Noun
editpetra f (genitive petrae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | petra | petrae |
Genitive | petrae | petrārum |
Dative | petrae | petrīs |
Accusative | petram | petrās |
Ablative | petrā | petrīs |
Vocative | petra | petrae |
Derived terms
edit- petrificātiō
- petrificō
- Petrus
- sāl petrae, sāl petræ (stone salt; that is, found as an incrustation)
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “petra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “petra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- petra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- petra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “petra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “petra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “petra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “petra”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Sicilian
editEtymology
editNoun
editpetra f
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