uncia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌnʃi.ə/

Noun

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, obsolete) A numerical coefficient in a case of the binomial theorem.

Etymology

From ūnus.

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ki.a/, [ˈʊŋ.ki.a]

Noun

uncia f (genitive unciae); 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. The twelfth part of a jugerum.
5. (figuratively) A trifle, bit, atom.

References

• uncia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uncia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uncia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• uncia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uncia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ունկի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 603a