decempeda
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃɛm.pe.da/
- Rhymes: -ɛmpeda
- Hyphenation: de‧cèm‧pe‧da
Noun
decempeda f (plural decempede)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) a unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet (2,956 m)
Meronyms
- piede (1⁄10 decempeda)
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deˈkem.pe.da/, [d̪ɛˈkɛmpɛd̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃem.pe.da/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛmped̪ä]
Noun
decempeda f (genitive decempedae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (measuring rod): pertica
Meronyms
Derived terms
- (adj.): decempedalis
- (user of the rod): decempedator
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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