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centesima

centesima

See also: centésima and centèsima

Italian

Adjective

centesima

  1. feminine singular of centesimo

Noun

centesima f (plural centesime)

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

centēsima f (genitive centēsimae); first declension

  1. hundredth
  2. one percent
  3. cent

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative centēsima centēsimae
genitive centēsimae centēsimārum
dative centēsimae centēsimīs
accusative centēsimam centēsimās
ablative centēsimā centēsimīs
vocative centēsima centēsimae

Numeral

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

References

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