centuria

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

centuria ae, f

centum, a division of a hundred, century, company : centuriae tres equitum, L.: milites eiusdem centuriae, Cs.: pecus exercitui per centurias distribuere, S.— A division of the people, century (the constitution, ascribed to Servius Tullius, divided the people according to wealth into 193 centuries), L.They voted by centuries in the comitia centuriata: praetor centuriis cunctis renuntiatus: praerogativa. — A division of land, tract .

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