uncia
Americannoun
plural
unciae-
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
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(in prescriptions) an ounce of weight or volume.
Etymology
Origin of uncia
1685–95; < Latin: a twelfth part, akin to ūnus one; cf. inch 1
Example Sentences
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Dosis ab uncia i. ad unc. iv. bis ter. quaterve die.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
To this copper is added eight centumpondia of poor argentiferous lead, each centumpondium of which contains an uncia and a drachma of silver, or a total of three-quarters of a libra of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The counters were made of various materials, ivory principally, “Adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris, etc.”
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert
"Dicat films Albini: si de quincunce remota est uncia, quid superat? poteras dixisse." "triens." "eu! rem poteris servare tuam."
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
Quam futilis sit in multis labor C. Barthii ut menda Torini passim sustineat, vel ex hoc loco intelligere licet: Et enim lege modo uncia pro nucea cum Humelbergio, & ista omnia glossemata vana sunt.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
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