centesima

See also: centésima and centèsima

Italian

Adjective

centesima

1. feminine singular of centesimo

Noun

centesima f (plural centesime)

1. A tax of 1% levied on auctions in Ancient Rome

Anagrams

• mesciante

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kenˈteː.si.ma/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪eːs̠ɪmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈte.si.ma/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪ɛːs̬imä]

Noun

centēsima f (genitive centēsimae); first declension

1. hundredth
2. one percent
3. cent

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	centēsima	centēsimae
Genitive	centēsimae	centēsimārum
Dative	centēsimae	centēsimīs
Accusative	centēsimam	centēsimās
Ablative	centēsimā	centēsimīs
Vocative	centēsima	centēsimae

Numeral

1. nominative feminine singular of centēsimus
2. vocative feminine singular of centēsimus
3. nominative neuter plural of centēsimus
4. accusative neuter plural of centēsimus
5. vocative neuter plural of centēsimus

Numeral

1. ablative feminine singular of centēsimus

References

• centesima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• centesima in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • interest at 1 per cent per month, 12 per cent per annum: centesimae (sc. usurae) (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari
    
  • 36 per cent per annum: ternae centesimae
    
  • to demand 48 per cent: quaternas centesimas postulare (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • to be content with 12 per cent at compound interest: centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse (Att. 5. 21. 12)
    
• “centesima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “centesima”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin