centgravius

Latin

Alternative forms

centumgrāvius

Etymology

A combination of the Medieval Latin centa, centum (“a territorial association of farms with its own judiciary”) (> Middle High German zent, cent > German Zent) + Old High German grāfio (“count”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kentˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [kɛn̪d̪ˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃentˈɡra.vi.us/, [t͡ʃen̪t̪ˈɡräːvius]

Noun

centgrāvius m (genitive centgrāviī or centgrāvī); second declension

(Medieval Latin, Frankish Empire) the judge of a territorial association of farms with its own judiciary, the deputy of a local count

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	centgrāvius	centgrāviī
Genitive	centgrāviī centgrāvī¹	centgrāviōrum
Dative	centgrāviō	centgrāviīs
Accusative	centgrāvium	centgrāviōs
Ablative	centgrāviō	centgrāviīs
Vocative	centgrāvie	centgrāviī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

centēnārius

Derived terms

German: Zentgraf

References

centgravius 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)
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “centgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 170/2
“Zent” in Duden online
“Zentgraf” in Duden online