centuriam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →centuria, centuriae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
century, company of 60-100 men in legion; voting unit; land unit (200 jugera);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imperii aut multitudinem melius moratam censeam fieri posse. centuriam uero iuniorum seniores consulere uoluisse quibus imperium suffragio mandaret..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...prensare circumstantium genua, ciere modo nomina singulorum, modo centuriam quisque cuius manipularis erat, cohortem, legionem, eadem omnibus inminere..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...primi centurionum candida veste, ceteri iuxta suam quisque centuriam, armis donisque fulgentes; et militum phalerae torquesque splendebant: decora..."