Gromatic

/ɡroʊmætɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to the groma or to gromatica (the Roman art and science of surveying and measuring land).

Etymology

From Latin 'groma' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-atic,' meaning 'pertaining to or involving gromatica,' the specialized Roman field of land surveying.

Kelly Says

The Romans developed gromatic science so thoroughly that their methods influenced surveying for over a thousand years—medieval and Renaissance surveyors still used principles from Roman gromatica!

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