uncia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 Latin 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection 2.2 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

1685–95, from Latin uncia. Compare inch, ounce, Latin ūnus (“‘one’”).

[edit] Noun

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uncia (plural unciae)

1. (classical studies) A twelfth part, an ounce, or an inch.
2. (pharmacy) An ounce.
3. A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one-twelfth of an as.
4. (algebra) A numerical coefficient in a case of the binomial theorem.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

uncia (genitive unciae); f, first declension

1. The twelfth part of something; twelfth.
2. The twelfth part of a pound, ounce.
3. The twelfth part of a foot, inch.
4. (figuratively) A trifle, bit, atom.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	uncia	unciae
genitive	unciae	unciārum
dative	unciae	unciīs
accusative	unciam	unciās
ablative	unciā	unciīs
vocative	uncia	unciae

[edit] References

• “uncia” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)