hemina, heminae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Science
measure of capacity; (about half a pint);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | hemina | heminae |
| Gen. | heminae | heminarum |
| Dat. | heminae | heminis |
| Acc. | heminam | heminas |
| Voc. | hemina | heminae |
| Abl. | hemina | heminis |
Examples
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vero, nam ille me vetuit dicere; neque equidem heminas octo exprompsi in urceum neque illic calidum exbibit..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...fabulam", non "dimidiam". Contra autem si ex sextario hemina fusa est, non "dimidiatum sextarium fusum" dicendum..." - L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quidem insepultam: "Habes, inquit, cur tibi placeas, hemina sanguinis in tua potestate est; nam quod ad sepulturam pertinet..."