1. acnŭa — Lewis & Short
acnŭa or acna, ae, f.a)/kena or a)/kaina,
I a measure or piece of land, 120 feet square, Varr. R. R. 1, 10; Col. 5, 1, 5; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 15, 5.
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acnŭa
acnŭa · f
a measure
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What it meant
2. acnua — Walde–Hofmann
acnua, agnua, -ae Í. (vulg. mit Anaptyxe acina, ver mlt. achinus und vl. tirol. Ache „halbes Tagwerk“, Hintner ZdW. 12, 257) „Feldmaß von 120 Fuß im Geviert*, o. akun. ,acnua* (seit Varro): etymologischer Zusammenhang mit ácíus quadrätus (s. Hultsch PW. I 283; vgl. d. Acker als Landmaß, Walde-P. I 37) 1st trotz des -cn- (Rest der alten Verwendung des Zeichens c für g, Stolz HG. 1262? ; unbrauchbar E. W, Fay Cl. Qu. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. acnua, p. 41]
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