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hemina en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).
Meanings
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
...an Æginean Hemina of Hydromel ... 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
Borrowed from Spanish hemina, from Latin hēmīna, from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).
Meanings
(historical) One of two traditional Spanish units of measure: ▸ A unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters.
(historical) One of two traditional Spanish units of measure: ▸ A variable unit traditionally defined as the land area that could be sown by one (dry measure) hemina of seed; typically between 500 and 1,000 square metres in size, depending on the crop and local climate.