hemina
See also: Hemina
English
Etymology
From Latin hemina (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek, from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-: half”) + -ίνα (-ína, “-ina: forming nouns”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish hemina.
Noun
hemina (plural heminas or heminae)
- (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⅚ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.27 L although differing slightly over time, used in English pharmacy into the 17th century.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
- ...an Æginean Hemina of Hydromel ...
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- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 23 L, used particularly in Leon.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, varying in size depending on the land's quality and used particularly in Leon.
Synonyms
- cotyle, half-sextarius, half-pint (Roman contexts)
Coordinate terms
- (Roman unit of measure): lingula (1/24 hemina), cyathus (⅙ hemina), acetabulum (¼ hemina), quartarius (½ hemina), sextarius (2 heminas), congius (12 heminas), urna (48 heminas), amphora (96 heminas), culeus (1920 heminas)
- (Spanish unit of volume): cuartillo (1/20 hemina), medio (⅒ hemina), celemin (⅕ hemina), cuartilla (⅗ hemina), cuarto (1⅕ heminas), fanega (2⅖ heminas), saco (4⅘ heminas), carga (9⅗ heminas)
References
- hemina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Hai-men, Haimen, Heiman, haemin
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína, “a half”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-: half”) + -ίνα (-ína, “-ina: forming nouns”).
Noun
hēmīna f (genitive hēmīnae); first declension
- (historical) hemina, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.27 L
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 |
Synonyms
- cotyla
Coordinate terms
- lingula (1/24 hemina), cyathus (⅙ hemina), acetabulum (¼ hemina), quartarius (½ hemina), sextarius (2 heminae), congius (12 heminae) urna (48 heminae), amphora (96 heminae), culeus (1920 heminae)
Descendants
- → English: hemina
- → Spanish: hemina
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin hemina (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína, “a half”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-: half”) + -ίνα (-ína, “-ina: forming nouns”).
Noun
hemina f (plural heminas)
- (historical) hemina, half-sextarius, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.27 L later used in medieval Spanish taxation
- (historical) hemina, a traditional Leonese unit of dry measure equivalent to about 23 L
- (historical) hemina, a traditional Leonese unit of land area of variable size depending on its quality
Coordinate terms
- (Spanish unit of volume): cuartillo (1/20 hemina), medio (⅒ hemina), celemín (⅕ hemina), cuartilla (⅗ hemina), cuarto (1⅕ heminas), fanega (2⅖ heminas), saco (4⅘ heminas), carga (9⅗ heminas)
Descendants
- English: hemina
Further reading
- “hemina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014