decempeda

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decempeda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃɛm.pe.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpeda
  • Hyphenation: de‧cèm‧pe‧da

Noun

decempeda f (plural decempede)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) a unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet (2,956 m)

Meronyms

Latin

Etymology

From decem (ten) + pes (foot; Roman foot). Senses influenced by the Greek equivalent ἄκαινα (ákaina), a 10-foot measure based on a standardization of the goad used to drive plough oxen.

Pronunciation

Noun

decempeda f (genitive decempedae); first declension

  1. A ten-foot measuring rod
  2. (historical units of measure) A unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet.
  3. (historical units of measure) A unit of area equal to a square with sides of 10 Roman feet.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative decempeda decempedae
Genitive decempedae decempedārum
Dative decempedae decempedīs
Accusative decempedam decempedās
Ablative decempedā decempedīs
Vocative decempeda decempedae

Synonyms

Meronyms

  • (unit of length): pes (110 decempeda)
  • (unit of area): clima (36 decempedae); actus (144 decempedae); iugerum (288 decempedae); heredium (576 decempedae); centuria (57,600 decempedae); saltus (230,400 decempedae)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: decempeda

References

  • decempeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decempeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decempeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • decempeda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decempeda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • mensura in William Smith et al. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
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