centesima
See also: centésima and centèsima
Italian
Adjective
centesima
- feminine singular of centesimo
Noun
centesima f (plural centesime)
- a tax of 1% levied on auctions in Ancient Rome
Anagrams
- mesciante
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kenˈteː.si.ma/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪eːs̠ɪmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈte.si.ma/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪ɛːs̬imä]
Noun
centēsima f (genitive centēsimae); first declension
- hundredth
- one percent
- cent
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | centēsima | centēsimae |
Genitive | centēsimae | centēsimārum |
Dative | centēsimae | centēsimīs |
Accusative | centēsimam | centēsimās |
Ablative | centēsimā | centēsimīs |
Vocative | centēsima | centēsimae |
Numeral
centēsima
- inflection of centēsimus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Numeral
centēsimā
- ablative feminine singular of centēsimus
References
- centesima 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)
- centesima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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)
- interest at 1 per cent per month, 12 per cent per annum: centesimae (sc. usurae) (Att. 5. 21. 11)
- “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