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centŭrĭa, ae, f. [centum], orig., an assemblage or a division consisting of a hundred things of a kind; hence in gen., any division, even if it consists not of a hundred.

  1. I. In agricult., a number of acres of ground, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 10, § 35; cf. id. R. R. 1, 10 fin.; 18, 5; Col. 5, 1, 7; Hyg. Lim. p. 154 Goes.
  2. II. In milit. lang., a division of troops, a century, company: centuriae, quae sub uno centurione sunt, quorum centenarius justus numerus, Varr. L. L. 5. 16, 26, § 88, p. 26 Bip.: centuriae tres equitum, Ramnenses, Titienses, Luceres, Liv. 1, 13, 8: in legione sunt centuriae sexaginta, manipuli triginta, cohortes decem, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 13 sq.; Caes. B. C. 1, 64; 3, 91; Sall. J. 91, 1.
  3. III. Of the Roman people, one of the one hundred and ninety-three orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people according to their property, a century, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq. Moser; Liv. 1, 43, 1 sq.; cf. Dion. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, p. 477 sq.
    Hence the assemblies in which they voted acc. to centuries were called comitia centuriata; v. 1. centurio. The century designated by lot as voting first was called centuria praerogativa, Cic. Planc. 20, 49; v. praerogativus; cf. Dict. of Antiq.

centŭrĭālis, e, adj. [centuria], pertaining to a century.

    1. 1. In agriculture: lapides, boundary stones for single centuries, Auct. Lim. p. 298 Goes.
    2. 2. In the division of the people: civis, appointed to or placed in any century, Fest. s. v. ni quis scivit, p. 177 Müll.
    3. 3. In milit. lang.: vitis, Macr. S. 1, 23, 16.

centŭrĭātim, adv. [centuria].

  1. I. By companies or centuries, Caes. B. C. 1, 76 Oud. N. cr.: centuriatim citare populum, Liv. 6, 20, 10: tributim et centuriatim descriptis ordinibus, Cic. Fl. 7, 15.
  2. * II. Trop., in masses or crowds, by hundreds, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 18, 12 (Com. Rel. v. 153 Rib.).

centŭrĭātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. centurio], a dividing into centuries. only in the Agrimensores, Hyg. Lim. p. 206 Goes.

1. centŭrĭātus, a, um, Part., from 1. centurio.

2. centŭrĭātus, ūs, m. [1. centurio].

  1. I. A division into centuries, Liv. 22, 38, 3.
  2. II. [2. centurio.] The office of centurion, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13, 37; id. Pis. 36, 88; Suet. Gram. 24.

1. centŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [centuria], to divide into centuries (acc. to centuria, I.).

  1. I. Of land: agrum, Hyg. Lim. p. 195 Goes.; cf. Fest. p. 53 Müll.
  2. II. Of the army (only of infantry; cf. decurio), to arrange in centuries, assign to companies: cum homines in tribunali Aurelio palam conscribi centuriarique vidissem, Cic. Red. Quir. 5, 13: rem gerit palam (Octavius); centuriat Capuae; dinumerat. Jam jamque vides bellum, id. Att. 16, 9 fin.: juventutem, Liv. 25, 15, 9: seniores quoque, id. 6, 2, 6; 29, 1, 2: equites decuriati, centuriati pedites, id. 22, 38, 3; so id. 10, 21, 4: Juventus Romana … equis delapsa se ipsam centuriavit, i. e. reduced to infantry, Val. Max. 3, 2, n. 8: mulus centuriatus, for carrying provisions, Aur. ap. Vop. Aur. 7, 7.
    1. B. Facetiously: eripiam ego hodie concubinam militi, Si centuriati bene sunt maniplares mei, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 3; cf. id. Curc. 4, 4, 29.
  3. III. Of the people in the meeting of the council, only part. perf.: comitia centuriata, in which all the Roman people voted according to centuries (this was done in the choice of higher magistrates, in decisions in respect to war and peace, and, until Sulla’s time, in questions affecting life or citizenship; cf. Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 4; Lael. Felix ib. 15, 27, 4; Cic. Red. Sen. 11, 27), Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44: quod ad populum centuriatis comitiis tulit, id. Phil. 1, 8, 19; Liv. 3, 55, 3; 8, 12, 15.
    Facetiously: Pseudolus mihi centuriata capitis habuit comitia, i. e. has sentenced me to death, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 134 Lorenz ad loc.
    Hence, P. a.: centŭrĭā-tus, a, um, of or belonging to the comitia centuriata: Centuriata lex, advised in the comitia centuriata, Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26.