decempeda

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decempeda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃɛm.pe.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpeda
• Hyphenation: de‧cèm‧pe‧da

Noun

decempeda f (plural decempede)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) a unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet (2,956 m)

Meronyms

• piede (¹⁄₁₀ decempeda)

Latin

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) + pes (“foot; Roman foot”). Senses influenced by the Greek equivalent ἄκαινα (ákaina), a 10-foot measure based on a standardization of the goad used to drive plough oxen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈkem.pe.da/, [d̪ɛˈkɛmpɛd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃem.pe.da/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛmped̪ä]

Noun

decempeda f (genitive decempedae); first declension

1. A ten-foot measuring rod
2. (historical units of measure) A unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet.
3. (historical units of measure) A unit of area equal to a square with sides of 10 Roman feet.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	decempeda	decempedae
Genitive	decempedae	decempedārum
Dative	decempedae	decempedīs
Accusative	decempedam	decempedās
Ablative	decempedā	decempedīs
Vocative	decempeda	decempedae

Synonyms

• (measuring rod): pertica

Meronyms

• (unit of length): pes (¹⁄₁₀ decempeda)
• (unit of area): clima (36 decempedae); actus (144 decempedae); iugerum (288 decempedae); heredium (576 decempedae); centuria (57,600 decempedae); saltus (230,400 decempedae)

Derived terms

• (adj.): decempedalis
• (user of the rod): decempedator

Descendants

• Italian: decempeda

References

• “decempeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decempeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decempeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “decempeda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decempeda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• mensura in William Smith et al. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities