groma
πρέπει γὰρ τοὺς παῖδας ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κληρονομεῖν → it is right that children inherit their fathers' friendships just as they would their possessions
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
grōma: or grūma, ae, f.
I A surveyor's pole or measuring-rod, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. s. v. p. 72 Müll. and Non. 63, 6.— Hence,
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
grōma, v. gruma.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
