libra

See also: Libra and librá

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin libra.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

libra (plural librae or libras)

1. A Roman unit of weight equal to about 327 grams.
2. Any of various units of weight in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries approximately equal to 460 grams or a little more than a US or UK pound.
3. Alternative spelling of libbra, an Italian unit of weight.

See alsoEdit

• Ancient Roman measures of weight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further readingEdit

• Dictionary of Units of Measurement

AnagramsEdit

• Arbil, Baril, Blair, brail

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

libra f

1. pound (unit of measure)
2. pound (currency)

Further readingEdit

• libra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• libra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

libra f (plural libre)

1. pound

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

A Mediterranean substrate word, original form something like *lithra, surviving also in Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra), whence English litre.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.bra/

NounEdit

lībra f (genitive lībrae); first declension

1. a Roman unit of measure, equal to twelve ounces; a pound (abbreviated lb.)
2. a pair of scales, balance
3. a level (a device for making horizontal)

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lībra	lībrae
genitive	lībrae	lībrārum
dative	lībrae	lībrīs
accusative	lībram	lībrās
ablative	lībrā	lībrīs
vocative	lībra	lībrae

Related termsEdit

• librare
• libratio

DescendantsEdit

• French: livre
• Galician: libra

• Italian: libra, libbra, lira
• Portuguese: libra

• Romanian: livră
• Spanish: libra

VerbEdit

librā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of librō

ReferencesEdit

• libra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• libra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “libra”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “libra” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to make extracts from Cicero's writings: aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)
    
• libra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• libra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• libra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈli.βɾɐ/

NounEdit

libra f (plural libras)

1. pound (unit of mass)
2. pound (unit of sterling or other currency)

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈliβɾa̠/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin libra.

NounEdit

libra f (plural libras)

1. pound (unit of mass or force/weight)
2. pound (unit of currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies)

SynonymsEdit

• (unit of currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies): libra esterlina f

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

libra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of librar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of librar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of librar.

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TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish libra, from Latin libra.

NounEdit

libra

1. pound (unit of mass or force/weight)