noun · femininefirst declension
centuria
centuria f (genitive centuriae)
Classical[kɛnˈtʊ.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃenˈtuː.ri.a]
Meaning
- feminineany assembly of a hundred people or things
- feminineany division into a hundred people or things
- femininehistoricala company of Roman infantry, the smallest tactical division of a legion, originally of 100 men but later varying between 60 and 160
- femininehistoricala company of auxiliary infantry equivalent to a Roman cohort, first established during the Imperial era.
- femininehistoricala unit of area, equal to 100 heredia or 200 iugera (approximately 125 acres or 50 hectares)
- femininehistoricala traditional division of the Roman people, allegedly established by Servius Tullius on the basis of property
- femininefigurativelyany similar division, regardless of number
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | centuria | centuriae |
| genitive | centuriae | centuriārum |
| dative | centuriae | centuriīs |
| accusative | centuriam | centuriās |
| ablative | centuriā | centuriīs |
| vocative | centuria | centuriae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- centuriam, tribum ferre (Planc. 49)
- to gain the vote of a century or tribe.
- multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
- to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe.
- omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
- to be elected unanimously
centŭrĭa, ae, f. centum, orig.,
I. an assemblage or a division consisting of a hundred things of a kind; hence in gen., any division, even if it consists not of a hundred.
I. In agricult., a number of acres of ground, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 10, § 35; cf. id. R. R. 1, 10 fin.; 18, 5; Col. 5, 1, 7; Hyg. Lim. p. 154 Goes.—
II. In milit. lang., a division of troops, a century, company:
centuriae, quae sub uno centurione sunt, quorum centenarius justus numerus, Varr. L. L. 5. 16, 26, § 88, p. 26 Bip.: centuriae tres equitum, Ramnenses, Titienses, Luceres, Liv. 1, 13, 8: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 13 sq.; Caes. B. C. 1, 64; 3, 91; Sall. J. 91, 1.— III. Of the Roman people, one of the one hundred and ninety-three orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people according to their property, a century, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq. Moser; Liv. 1, 43, 1 sq.; cf. Dion. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 477 sq.—Hence the assemblies in which they voted acc. to centuries were called comitia centuriata;
v. 1. centurio. The century designated by lot as voting first was called centuria praerogativa, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; v. praerogativus; cf. Dict. of Antiq. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
centuria ae, f
centum, a division of a hundred, century, company: centuriae tres equitum, L.: milites eiusdem centuriae, Cs.: pecus exercitui per centurias distribuere, S.—A division of the people, century (the constitution, ascribed to Servius Tullius, divided the people according to wealth into 193 centuries), L. They voted by centuries in the comitia centuriata: praetor centuriis cunctis renuntiatus: praerogativa. — A division of land, tract.
Origins
*centu-viria, from centum (“one hundred”) + vir (“man”) + -ia.
Descendants
- Catalancentúria
- GermanZenturie
- Italiancenturia
- Frenchcenturiefrom Old French centurie
- Englishcenturyfrom Old French centurie
- Portuguesecentúria
- Romaniancenturie
- Spanishcenturia
- Albaniancenturie
- Asturiancenturia