groma
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin grōma, from Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē)
Noun edit
groma (plural gromas)
- A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
groma f (plural grome)
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē).
Noun edit
grōma f (genitive grōmae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | grōma | grōmae |
Genitive | grōmae | grōmārum |
Dative | grōmae | grōmīs |
Accusative | grōmam | grōmās |
Ablative | grōmā | grōmīs |
Vocative | grōma | grōmae |
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References edit
- “groma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- groma 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)
- groma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “groma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “groma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin