semuncia

English

Etymology

From Latin semuncia (half-ounce).

Noun

semuncia (plural semunciae)

  1. (historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one twenty-fourth of an as.

Anagrams

Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
XXIV
24
    Cardinal: vīgintī quattuor
    Ordinal: quārtus et vīcēsimus, vīcēsimus quārtus
    Adverbial: quater et vīciēs, quater et vīciēns
    Distributive: vīcēnus quaternus
    Fractional: sēmiūncia, sēmūncia

Etymology

From sēmi- +‎ ū̆ncia.

Pronunciation

Noun

sēmū̆ncia f (genitive sēmū̆nciae); first declension

  1. Half unciae.
  2. 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.