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Definition: HEMINA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A measure of half a sextary.[Websters]
2. A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hemina" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1765. (references)

Etymology:Hemina \He*mi"na\, noun; plural Hemin[ae]. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HEMINA

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] In Roman antiquity, a measure containing half a sextary, and according to Arbuthnot, about half a pint English wine measure. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: HEMINA

Expressions Definition
Lucius Cassius Hemina Lucius Cassius Hemina, Roman annalist, composed his annals in the period between the death of Terence and the revolution of the Gracchi. (references)

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