Lexicographical Neighbors of Heminas
Literary usage of Heminas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new and literal translation of Juvenal and Persius; with notes by M. Madan by Juvenal (1839)
"A city of Tuscany, famous for making earthen-ware, but, perhaps, put here for
any country town. So heminas, half ..."
2. The Lesser writings of Samuel Hahnemann by Samuel Hahnemann (1852)
"was macerated for three days in six heminas (= 64 4-5 oz. of water, and then
boiled down over a slow fire to one-third less ; the root was then removed, ..."
3. Fragments and specimens of early Latin by John Wordsworth (1874)
"Mense quarto heminas in dies, id est, ... Nono, décimo, undécimo et duodecimo,
in dies heminas ternas : id est am- ..."
4. A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious by Juvenal, Martin Madan, Persius (1829)
"... who had jurisdiction over weights and measures, and had authority to break
and destroy those which were false. Juv. sat. x. 1. 102. So heminas, half ..."
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