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
- T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imperii aut multitudinem melius moratam censeam fieri posse. centuriam uero iuniorum seniores consulere uoluisse quibus imperium suffragio mandaret..." - P
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..." - P
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..."