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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>grōma</b>: or grūma, ae, f.<br /><b>I</b> A [[surveyor]]'s [[pole]] or measuring-[[rod]], acc. to Paul. ex Fest. s. v. p. 72 Müll. and Non. 63, 6.— Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[centre]] of a [[camp]], [[where]] the measuring-[[rod]] [[was]] planted, so as to [[divide]] the [[camp]] [[into]] [[four]] [[quarters]] by streets [[meeting]] at [[that]] [[point]], Hyg. de Limit. p. 164 Goes.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>grōma</b>, v. [[gruma]].
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{{Georges
|georg=grōma (grūma), ae, f. (aus griech. [[γνῶμα]]), das Meßinstrument der Feldmesser, [[ein]] doppeltes Diopterlineal, Gromat. vet. 170, 5; 180, 8. Hyg. de mun. castr. § 12. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 96, 15. Vgl. Rudorff, die Schriften der Röm. Feldm. 2, 336 f. Lange Hyg. de mun. castr. § 12. p. 145 sqq.
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