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Definition of Groma
1. Noun. A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Groma
1. a surveying instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groma
Literary usage of Groma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1920)
"The various publications did not contain even an elementary description of a
geodetical Roman instrument such as the ' groma.' The information available in ..."
2. The Recent Discoveries of Roman Remains Found in Repairing the North Wall of by John Parsons Earwaker (1888)
"The groma or gruma (for each form is found) was, according to Festus, " a surveyor's
pole, or measuring rod," and by metaphor it was applied to the centre ..."
3. Journal by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1891)
"The word groma which originally denoted any cross roads, might easily become Roma
or Ruma, an initial « G » sometimes disappearing before another consonant, ..."
4. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"groma. The measuring instrument used by land-surveyors, who were from it called
... The groma is represented on the gravestone of a gramáticas found some ..."
5. Transactions by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (1884)
"The groma, with its right-angled arms, would make the process easy. ... It is
marked B. The Surveyor then fixed his groma at 0, as nearly as possible in the ..."
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