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Headword: *kenthna/rion
Adler number: kappa,1332
Translated headword: centenarium, hundred-pounds-weight
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[no gloss]
Greek Original:
*kenthna/rion.
Note:
A transliteration of the Latin term for a hundred pounds in weight; first attested in Hero [Author, Myth] of Alexandria (1 CE?), On Measures 60.2, and frequently used by Byzantine authors, particularly Malalas and Procopius. Glossed in the Etymologicum Gudianum: "100 pounds; for the Romans call 100 centum".
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Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 24 October 2008@05:50:33.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 24 October 2008@06:13:28.
David Whitehead on 18 February 2013@05:30:16.
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