centesima

centesima

1. feminine singular of centesimo

centesima f (plural centesime)

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

• mesciante

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kenˈteː.si.ma/, [kɛnˈteː.sɪ.ma]

centēsima f (genitive centēsimae); first declension

1. hundredth
2. one percent
3. cent

First declension.

centēsima

1. nominative feminine singular of centēsimus
2. vocative feminine singular of centēsimus
3. nominative neuter plural of centēsimus
4. accusative neuter plural of centēsimus
5. vocative neuter plural of centēsimus

centēsimā

1. ablative feminine singular of centēsimus

• centesima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• centesima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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