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‖ semuncia Rom. Antiq.|siːˈmʌnʃ(ɪ)ə| Pl. -iæ |siːˈmʌnʃɪiː|. [L. sēmuncia, f. sēmi- semi- + uncia ounce n.1] A half-ounce, the twenty-fourth part of an as. Also anglicized † semunce (rare—0). Hence seˈmuncial a. [ad. L. sēmunciāl-is].
1656Blount Glossogr., Semuncial, of or belonging to half an ounce. 1658Phillips, Semuncial, belonging to a semunce, i. half an ounce. 1887Head Hist. Nummorum 43 Bronze coins of Uncial and Semuncial weight, b.c. 217–89. |