Talk:metrica

RFV discussion: November 2015–February 2016

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metrica (Latin)

German dictionaries state that Metrik comes from Latin "(ars) metrica" and this from Greek "metrikḗ (téchnē)" (transcription, second part is τέχνη). That is, metrica (-ae, f.) is said to be a Latin word meaning metrics and is a short form like "grammatica" for "ars grammatica". But does "metrica" exist? -84.161.40.96 21:54, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

• The Latin adjective metricus is in Lewis & Short with more-or-less the definition that we have. SemperBlotto (talk) 06:48, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

The adjective "metricus (-a, -um)" does indeed exist. But how about a noun "metrica (-ae, f.)? (It's not in the entry metrica as it should make more sense to verify it before adding it, instead of adding something that might not exists and maybe would be removed later.) -84.161.40.96 10:43, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

This is not an RFV matter. Trying to verify words we have is hard enough before challenging words we don't have. How do you propose we delete an entry we don't have? Any other words we don't have you'd like verifying? I'm sure I could come up with hundreds if I wanted to. Renard Migrant (talk) 23:01, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

This is an RFV matter, at least now by creating an entry for the noun metrica as this should be the way you prefer. German dictionaries which state that metrica exists include these: www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Metrik , www.wissen.de/search?keyword=Metrik , www.dwds.de/?qu=Metrik . -80.133.101.36 02:23, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

• Extremely hard to search for, but it is indeed real. Cites have been added. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:55, 7 February 2016 (UTC)