English

Noun

dodecaedron

1. Alternative spelling of dodecahedron

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον ‎(dōdekáedron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /do.de.ka.ˈed.ron/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.de.ka.ˈed.ron/

Noun

dodecaēdron n ‎(genitive dodecaēdrī); second declension

1. dodecahedron
   • 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, p. 23:

     Vidi enim Dresdae in aede Regia cui Stabulo nomen, exornatum abacum aere argentoso, ex quo quasi efflorescebat dodecaedron avellanae parvae magnitudine, dimidia parte extans.

     Indeed I saw in the Royal Palace in Dresden, called Stabulo, a wall panel equipped with silver ore, from which was blooming a dodecahedron with the size of a small hazelnut, projecting halfway.

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.