centumgravius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ken.tunˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [kɛn̪t̪ʊŋˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃen.tunˈɡra.vi.us/, [t͡ʃen̪t̪uŋˈɡräːvius]
Noun edit
centumgrāvius m (genitive centumgrāviī or centumgrāvī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of centgrāvius (“the judge of a territorial association of farms with its own judiciary”)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | centumgrāvius | centumgrāviī |
| Genitive | centumgrāviī centumgrāvī1 |
centumgrāviōrum |
| Dative | centumgrāviō | centumgrāviīs |
| Accusative | centumgrāvium | centumgrāviōs |
| Ablative | centumgrāviō | centumgrāviīs |
| Vocative | centumgrāvie | centumgrāviī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms edit
References edit
- centumgravius 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