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hemina

hemina noun: a Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.

Noun (1)

hemina (plural heminas or heminae)

  1. (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
    • ...an Æginean Hemina of Hydromel ...1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
    Synonyms:
    cotyle, half-sextarius

Noun (2)

hemina (plural heminas or heminae)

  1. (historical) A unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters.
  2. (historical) A variable unit traditionally defined as the land area that could be sown by one (dry measure) hemina of seed; typically between 500 and 1,000 square metres in size, depending on the crop and local climate.

Synonyms of hemina

Forms of hemina

pluralheminas
pluralheminae

Origin of hemina

Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).

Borrowed from Spanish hemina, from Latin hēmīna, from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).

Questions about hemina

What does hemina mean?
Hemina means a Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
What part of speech is hemina?
Hemina is a noun.
What is the plural of hemina?
The plural of hemina is heminas.

Words near hemina in the dictionary

  1. hemimorphism
  2. hemimorphisms
  3. hemimorphite
  4. hemimorphites
  5. hemin
  6. hemina
  7. heminae
  8. heminas
  9. hemineglect
  10. heminephrectomies
  11. heminephrectomize

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