hemina

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

hēmīna (ēmīna), ae, f., = ἡμίνα,

a measure , the half of a sextarius, Rhem. Fan. de Pond. 67; for liquids, Cato R. R. 57, 1; Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 18; Sen. de Ira, 2, 33; for salt, Cels. 4, 15 fin. ; for corn, id. 4, 10 fin. ; as a measure , in gen., Pers. 1, 129.

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