centgravius

Latin

Alternative forms

• centumgrāvius

Etymology

A combination of the Medieval Latin centa, centum (“a territorial association of farms with its own judiciary”) (> Middle High German zent, cent > German Zent) + Old High German grāfio (“count”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kentˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [kɛn̪d̪ˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃentˈɡra.vi.us/, [t͡ʃen̪t̪ˈɡräːvius]

Noun

centgrāvius m (genitive centgrāviī or centgrāvī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, Frankish Empire) the judge of a territorial association of farms with its own judiciary, the deputy of a local count

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	centgrāvius	centgrāviī
Genitive	centgrāviī centgrāvī1	centgrāviōrum
Dative	centgrāviō	centgrāviīs
Accusative	centgrāvium	centgrāviōs
Ablative	centgrāviō	centgrāviīs
Vocative	centgrāvie	centgrāviī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• centēnārius

Derived terms

• German: Zentgraf

References

• centgravius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “centgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 170/2
• “Zent” in Duden online
• “Zentgraf” in Duden online

Further reading

• Centenarius on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de