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English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

hemina (plural heminae)

1. (historical, Roman antiquity) A measure of half a sextary.

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2. (medicine) A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.

Anagrams

• Haimen, Heiman, haemin

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (h?mína).

Noun

h?m?na f (genitive h?m?nae); first declension

1. A measure of half a sextary
2. A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: 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, 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

English

Noun

hemins

1. plural of hemin

Anagrams

• Shimen, hems in, inmesh