centuria

See also: centúria

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centuria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtuɾja/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: cen‧tu‧ria

Noun

centuria f (plural centuries)

1. century (100 years)

   Synonym: sieglu

Further reading

• “centuria”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centuria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtu.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: cen‧tù‧ria

Noun

centuria f (plural centurie)

1. century (Roman army unit)

Anagrams

• centauri, cunterai, incuterà, rutenica

Latin

Etymology

*centu-viria, from centum (“one hundred”) +‎ vir (“man”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛnˈtʊ.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃenˈtuː.ri.a]

Noun

centuria f (genitive centuriae); first declension

1. century, in its senses as
   1. any assembly of a hundred people or things
   2. any division into a hundred people or things
   3. (historical military) a company of Roman infantry, the smallest tactical division of a legion, originally of 100 men but later varying between 60 and 160
   4. (historical military) a company of auxiliary infantry equivalent to a Roman cohort, first established during the Imperial era.
   5. (historical units of measure) a unit of area, equal to 100 heredia or 200 iugera (approximately 125 acres or 50  hectares)
   6. (historical politics) a traditional division of the Roman people, allegedly established by Servius Tullius on the basis of property
2. (figuratively) any similar division, regardless of number

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	centuria	centuriae
genitive	centuriae	centuriārum
dative	centuriae	centuriīs
accusative	centuriam	centuriās
ablative	centuriā	centuriīs
vocative	centuria	centuriae

Meronyms

• (unit of soldiers): contubernium (¹⁄₁₀ centuria after 107 BC); manipulus (2 centuriae after c. 315 BC); cohors (6 centuriae after 107 BC), legio (notionally 60 centuriae)
• (unit of area): decempeda (¹⁄_57,600 centuria); clima (¹⁄₁₆₀₀ centuria); actus (¹⁄₄₀₀ centuria); iugerum (¹⁄₂₀₀ centuria); heredium (¹⁄₁₀₀ centuria); saltus (4 centuriae)
• (political assembly): comitia centuriata (quorum of the 193 centuriae)

Derived terms

• centuriālis
• centuriātim
• centuriō

Related terms

• centum

Descendants

• → Albanian: centurie
• → Asturian: centuria
• → Catalan: centúria
• → Galician: centuria
• → German: Zenturie
• → Italian: centuria
• → Old French: centurie
  • French: centurie
  • → Middle English: centurie
    • English: century
    • Scots: centurie
• → Polish: centuria
• → Portuguese: centúria
• → Romanian: centurie
• → Russian: центу́рия (centúrija)
• → Spanish: centuria

References

• “centuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “centuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "centuria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “centuria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to obtain many (few) votes in a century or tribe: multa (pauca) puncta in centuria (tribu) aliqua ferre
    
  • to gain the vote of a century or tribe: centuriam, tribum ferre (Planc. 49)
    
  • to be elected unanimousl: omnes centurias ferre or omnium suffragiis, cunctis centuriis creari
    
• “centuria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• centuria in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “centuria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Alternative forms

• cencuria (Przemyśl)
• cyncoryja (Zagórze)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin centuria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛnˈtu.rja/

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• Rhymes: -urja
• Syllabification: cen‧tu‧ria

Noun

centuria f

1. century (Roman army unit)
2. centaury (any herb of the genus Centaurium)

Declension

Declension of centuria

	singular	plural
nominative	centuria	centurie
genitive	centurii	centurii/centuryj (archaic)
dative	centurii	centuriom
accusative	centurię	centurie
instrumental	centurią	centuriami
locative	centurii	centuriach
vocative	centurio	centurie

Further reading

• “centuria”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “centuria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centuria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtuɾja/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtuɾja/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: cen‧tu‧ria

Noun

centuria f (plural centurias)

1. century (Roman army unit)
2. (literary) century (period)

   Synonym: siglo

Related terms

• centurión
• ciento

Further reading

• “centuria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “centuria”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA