different between heminae vs hemina

English

Noun

heminae

1. plural of hemina

Latin

Noun

h?m?nae

1. nominative plural of h?m?na
2. genitive singular of h?m?na
3. dative singular of h?m?na
4. vocative plural of h?m?na

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