Home › Words › H › heminaheminahemina means A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin hēmīna (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).nounA Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.e.g.“...an Æginean Hemina of Hydromel ...” — 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:One of two traditional Spanish units of measure:; A unit of dry measure, equivalent to around 23 liters.One of two traditional Spanish units of measure:; A variable unit traditionally defined as the land area that could be sown by one (dry measure) hemina of seed; typically between 500 and 1,000 square metres in size, depending on the crop and local climate.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hin 70% match — A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L). vs hemina →lingula 62% match — A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL. vs hemina →celemin 62% match — A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters. vs hemina →culeus 61% match — A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time. vs hemina →sextarius 60% match — A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1⅔ Roman pound of wine and equivalent to about 0.54 L although varying slightly over time. vs hemina →modius 59% match — A Roman dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres. vs hemina →homer 59% match — A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels. vs hemina →hectolitre 58% match — A unit of volume or capacity equivalent to 100 litres. Symbol: hL vs hemina →