uncia

See also Uncia

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Wikipedia 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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Latin

Etymology

From ūnus.

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.

Inflection

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

Descendants

English: inch, ounce French: once Italian: oncia Jèrriais: onche

Portuguese: onça, úncia Romanian: uncie Russian: унция Spanish: onza, uncia

References

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