hemina

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā). === Noun === hemina (plural heminas or heminae) (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5⁄6 Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L. Synonyms: cotyle, half-sextarius Coordinate terms: lingula (1⁄24 hemina), cyathus (1⁄6 hemina), acetabulum (1⁄4 hemina), quartarius (1⁄2 hemina), sextarius (2 heminas), congius (12 heminas), urna (48 heminas), amphora (96 heminas), culeus (1920 heminas) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish hemina, from Latin hēmīna, from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā). ==== Noun ==== hemina (plural heminas or heminae) (historical) One of two traditional Spanish units of measure: A unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters. Coordinate terms: cuartillo (1⁄20 hemina), medio (1⁄10 hemina), celemin (1⁄5 hemina), cuartilla (3⁄5 hemina), cuarto (1+1⁄5 heminas), fanega (2+2⁄5 heminas), saco (4+4⁄5 heminas), carga (9+3⁄5 heminas) 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. === References === “hemina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Hai-men, Haimen, Heiman, haemin == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā, “half-sextarius”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈmiː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈmiː.na] === Noun === hēmīna f (genitive hēmīnae); first declension hemina (a Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5⁄6 Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L) Synonym: cotyla Coordinate terms: lingula (1⁄24 hemina), cyathus (1⁄6 hemina), acētābulum (1⁄4 hemina), quārtārius (1⁄2 hemina), sextārius (2 heminae), congius (12 heminae), urna (48 heminae), amphora (96 heminae), cūleus (1,920 heminae) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: mina, → emina → English: hemina → Spanish: hemina === References === “hemina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "hemina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈmina/ [eˈmi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: he‧mi‧na === Noun === hemina f (plural heminas) (historical) hemina (a Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5⁄6 Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L) Synonyms: cuartillo (1⁄20 hemina), medio (1⁄10 hemina), celemín (1⁄5 hemina), cuartilla (3⁄5 hemina), cuarto (1+1⁄5 heminas), fanega (2+2⁄5 heminas), saco (4+4⁄5 heminas), carga (9+3⁄5 heminas) hemina (a unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters) hemina (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) ==== Descendants ==== → English: hemina === Further reading === “hemina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025