groma

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

groma (plural gromas)

  1. A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

groma f (plural grome)

  1. groma

See also

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶμα (gnôma, “mark, token”).

Roman groma

Noun

grōma f (genitive grōmae); first declension

  1. groma
  2. the centre of a military camp (marked by such an instrument)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative grōma grōmae
genitive grōmae grōmārum
dative grōmae grōmīs
accusative grōmam grōmās
ablative grōmā grōmīs
vocative grōma grōmae

Descendants

References

  • groma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • groma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • groma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • groma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • groma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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