hemina

See also: Hemina

English

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

hemina (plural heminae)

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of half a sextary.
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  2. (medicine) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hemina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína).

Noun

hēmīna f (genitive hēmīnae); first declension

  1. A measure of half a sextary
  2. A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hēmīna hēmīnae
Genitive hēmīnae hēmīnārum
Dative hēmīnae hēmīnīs
Accusative hēmīnam hēmīnās
Ablative hēmīnā hēmīnīs
Vocative hēmīna hēmīnae

References
  • hemina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hemina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • hemina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hemina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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