semodius

semodius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sē(mi)-
Latin modius
Latin sēmodius

    From sē(mi)- (“half, semi-”) + modius (“peck”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sēmodius m (genitive sēmodiī); second declension

    1. half a modius (Roman peck), a unit of dry measure

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sēmodius sēmodiī
    genitive sēmodiī sēmodiōrum
    dative sēmodiō sēmodiīs
    accusative sēmodium sēmodiōs
    ablative sēmodiō sēmodiīs
    vocative sēmodie sēmodiī

    References

    • “semodius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “semodius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “semodius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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