centumgravius

Latin

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): /ken.tunˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [kɛn̪t̪ʊŋˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃen.tunˈɡra.vi.us/, [t͡ʃen̪t̪uŋˈɡräːvius]

Noun

centumgrāvius m (genitive centumgrāviī or centumgrāvī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) Alternative form of centgrāvius (“the judge of a territorial association of farms with its own judiciary”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	centumgrāvius	centumgrāviī
Genitive	centumgrāviī centumgrāvī¹	centumgrāviōrum
Dative	centumgrāviō	centumgrāviīs
Accusative	centumgrāvium	centumgrāviōs
Ablative	centumgrāviō	centumgrāviīs
Vocative	centumgrāvie	centumgrāviī

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

Synonyms

centēnārius

References

centumgravius 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