hemina
A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine,…A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
Meaning
3 senses(historical)A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
One of two traditional Spanish units of measure:
(historical)A unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters.
(historical)A variable unit traditionally defined as the land area that could be sown by one (dry measure) hemina of seed; typically between 500 and 1,000 square metres in size, depending on the crop and local climate.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā). BorroBorrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).
Borrowed from Spanish hemina, from Latin hēmīna, from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).
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Forms
plural: heminas / heminaeSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular