mêtis

From Proto-Hellenic *mḗtis, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measurement”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Cognate with Old English mǣþ. Apparently an Aeolic or Doric form, as the Attic-Ionic form would have been *μῆσις (*mêsis).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mɛ̂ː.tis/ → /ˈmi.tis/ → /ˈmi.tis/

Noun

μῆτῐς • (mêtis) f (genitive μήτῐος or μήτῐδος); third declension(poetic)

1. skill
2. counsel
3. plan