semuncia
English
Etymology
From Latin semuncia (“half-ounce”).
Noun
semuncia (plural semunciae)
- (historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.
Anagrams
Latin
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| Cardinal: vīgintī quattuor Ordinal: quārtus et vīcēsimus, vīcēsimus quārtus Adverbial: quater et vīciēs, quater et vīciēns Distributive: vīcēnus quaternus Fractional: sēmiūncia, sēmūncia | ||
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːˈmuːŋ.ki.a], [seːˈmʊŋ.ki.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈmun̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.a]
Noun
sēmū̆ncia f (genitive sēmū̆nciae); first declension
- Half unciae.
- One twenty-fourth (of a whole)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēmū̆ncia | sēmū̆nciae |
| genitive | sēmū̆nciae | sēmū̆nciārum |
| dative | sēmū̆nciae | sēmū̆nciīs |
| accusative | sēmū̆nciam | sēmū̆nciās |
| ablative | sēmū̆nciā | sēmū̆nciīs |
| vocative | sēmū̆ncia | sēmū̆nciae |
Derived terms
- sēmū̆nciālis
Descendants
- Italian: semuncia
References
- “semuncia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- semuncia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.