decempeda

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decempeda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃɛm.pe.da/
Rhymes: -ɛmpeda
Hyphenation: de‧cèm‧pe‧da

Noun

decempeda f (plural decempede)

(historical, Ancient Rome) a unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet (2,956 m)

Meronyms

piede (¹⁄₁₀ decempeda)

Latin

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) + pes (“foot; Roman foot”). Senses influenced by the Greek equivalent ἄκαινα (ákaina), a 10-foot measure based on a standardization of the goad used to drive plough oxen.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈkem.pe.da/, [d̪ɛˈkɛmpɛd̪ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃem.pe.da/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛmped̪ä]

Noun

decempeda f (genitive decempedae); first declension

A ten-foot measuring rod
(historical units of measure) A unit of length equal to 10 Roman feet.
(historical units of measure) A unit of area equal to a square with sides of 10 Roman feet.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	decempeda	decempedae
genitive	decempedae	decempedārum
dative	decempedae	decempedīs
accusative	decempedam	decempedās
ablative	decempedā	decempedīs
vocative	decempeda	decempedae

Synonyms

(measuring rod): pertica

Meronyms

(unit of length): pes (¹⁄₁₀ decempeda)
(unit of area): clima (36 decempedae); actus (144 decempedae); iugerum (288 decempedae); heredium (576 decempedae); centuria (57,600 decempedae); saltus (230,400 decempedae)

Derived terms

(adj.): decempedalis
(user of the rod): decempedator

Descendants

Italian: decempeda

References

“decempeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decempeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decempeda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“decempeda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“decempeda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
mensura in William Smith et al. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities