groma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.

Word forms

groma gromas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin grōma, from Ancient Greek γνῶμᾰ (gnômă)

Related words

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