groma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

grōma or grūma, ae, f.

I A surveyor's pole or measuring-rod , acc. to Paul. ex Fest. s. v. p. 72 Müll. and Non. 63, 6.— Hence,

II Transf., the centre of a camp , where the measuring-rod was planted, so as to divide the camp into four quarters by streets meeting at that point, Hyg. de Limit. p. 164 Goes.