uncia

1685–95, from Latin uncia. Compare inch, ounce, and Latin ūnus (“one”).

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌnʃi.ə/

uncia (plural unciae)

1. (classical studies) A twelfth part, an ounce, or an inch.
2. (pharmacy) An ounce.
3. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one-twelfth of an as.
4. (algebra, obsolete) A numerical coefficient in a case of the binomial theorem.

From ūnus.

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ki.a/, [ˈʊŋ.ki.a]

uncia f (genitive unciae); first declension

1. The twelfth part of something; twelfth.
2. The twelfth part of a pound, ounce.
3. The twelfth part of a foot, inch.
4. The twelfth part of a jugerum.
5. (figuratively) A trifle, bit, atom.

First declension.

• teruncius

• Translingual: Uncia
• Ancient Greek: οὐγγία (oungía), οὐγκία (ounkía), ὀγκία (onkía)
  • Greek: ουγγιά (oungiá), ουγκιά (ougkiá)
  • Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܘܢܩܝܐ‎ (ʾūnqīyā), ܢܘܩܝܐ‎ (nūqyā)
      • Arabic: وِقِيَّة‎ (wiqiyya), وُقِيَّة‎ (wuqiyya), أُوقِيَّة‎ (ʾūqiyya)
        • Ottoman Turkish: اوقه‎ (okka)
          • Turkish: okka
          • Armenian: օխա (ōxa), օխկա (ōxka)
          • French: oque
            • Italian: oca
              • English: oka, oke
          • Greek: οκά (oká)
          • Serbo-Croatian: òka / о̀ка
        • French: ouguiya
          • English: ouguiya, ougiya
      • Old Armenian: նուկի (nuki)
        • Armenian: նուկի (nuki)
    • Georgian: უნკი (unḳi)
    • Old Armenian: ունկի (unki)
• Catalan: unça
• English: uncia
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌺𐌾𐌰 (unkja)
• Friulian: once
• Italian: oncia
• Norman: onche
• Occitan: onça
• Old English: ynce
  • English: inch
• Old French: unce
  • Middle French: once, unce
    • French: once
    • Irish: unsa
    • Middle English: unce, ounce
      • English: ounce
  • Middle Armenian: ունծայ (uncay) (or from some other medieval European language)
• Old Irish: ungae
  • Irish: uinge
• Old High German: unza
  • German: Unze
• Polish: uncja
• Portuguese: onça, úncia
• Romanian: uncie
• Romansh: onza, untscha, unza, uonscha
• Russian: у́нция (úncija)
  • Armenian: ունցիա (uncʿia)
  • Georgian: უნცია (uncia)
• Sicilian: oncia, uncia
• Spanish: onza, uncia
• Venetian: onsa, onza, onzha, onça

• uncia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uncia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uncia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• uncia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uncia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ունկի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 603a