gromaticadj.n.
/ɡrəʊˈmatɪk/ A. adj.
Pertaining to land-surveying.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective]
geodetical1610
gromatical1610
survey1610
agrimensoriala1833
gromatic1873
1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 149 From the gromatic work [of Frontinus] we possess only explanatory excerpts.
1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 203 The gromatic writer Siculus Flaccus.
B. n.
a. plural. The art of land-surveying or castrametation.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun]
surveying1551
geodesy1570
survey1610
geodetics1677
land-surveying1771
gromatics1873
society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > art of laying out camp
castrametation1686
gromatics1873
1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 147 We possess excerpts from a work on gromatics.
b. A writer on gromatics.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > writer on surveying
gromatic1867
1867 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 I. ii. 79 A certain Hyginus, who calls himself a gromaticus, or land-surveyor.
1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. II. 204 Balbus is repeatedly quoted by the later gromatics.
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