noun

aera

gen. aerae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

[from aera

counters;

counters; v. aes, 2. E., later Lat.

a given number; according to which a reckoning; calculation is to be made

In math., a given number, according to which a reckoning or calculation is to be made, Vitruvius (Vetrubius) Rufus ap. Salmas. Exercc. I. p. 483.—

Anitem of an account

Anitem of an account (for the class. aera, plur. of aes, Ruf. Fest. in Breviar. init. The passage of Lucil. cited by Non. 2, 42, aera perversa, is also prob. plur.).—

An era; epoch from which time is reckoned

An era or epoch from which time is reckoned, Isid. Orig. 5, 36; cf. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 374.

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