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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemina
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He-mi′na
,Noun.
pl.
Heminae
(#)
. [L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A measure of half a sextary.
Arbuthnot.
2.
(Med.)
A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hemina
HEM'INA
,Noun.
1.
In medicine, a measure equal to about ten ounces.Definition 2024
hemina
hemina
English
Noun
hemina (plural heminae)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of half a sextary.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)
- (medicine) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína).
Noun
hēmīna f (genitive hēmīnae); first declension
- A measure of half a sextary
- A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces
Inflection
First declension.
| 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