centesima

centesima

1. feminine singular of centesimo

centesima f (plural centesime)

1. a tax of 1% levied on auctions in Ancient Rome

• mesciante

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛnˈteː.sɪ.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪ɛː.s̬i.ma]

centēsima f (genitive centēsimae); first declension

1. hundredth
2. one percent
3. cent

First-declension noun.

centēsima

1. inflection of centēsimus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

centēsimā

1. ablative feminine singular of centēsimus

• "centesima", 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)
• centesima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • interest at 1 per cent per month, 12 per cent per annum: centesimae (sc. usurae) (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari
    
  • 36 per cent per annum: ternae centesimae
    
  • to demand 48 per cent: quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)
    
• “centesima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “centesima”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin