In Ancient Rome, a province (Latin, provincia , pl. provinciae ) was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy (circa 296), largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire s territorial possessions outside of the Italian peninsula. The word…

early 13c., pious donation to a religious house or order to provide extra food, from O.Fr. pitance portion of food allowed a monk or poor person by a pious bequest, lit. pity, from pitié (see PITY (Cf. pity)). Meaning small amount, portion first…

   Also known as erotic hallucination. The term sexual hallucination is used in a general sense to denote a type of hallucination that is sexually charged, such as a * visual hallucination depicting an alluring man or woman, a * verbal auditory…

η (ΑΜ εὐήθεια Α και εὐηθία και εὐηθίη) [ευήθης] ειρων. υπερβολική ευπιστία, μωρία, χαζομάρα («κουφόνουν τ εὐηθίαν», Αισχύλ.) αρχ. μσν. αγαθότητα ήθους, απλότητα, τιμιότητα

(adj.) late 14c., etik (in fever etik), from O.Fr. etique consumptive, from L.L. hecticus, from Gk. hektikos continuous, habitual, consumptive (of a disease, because of the constant fever), from hexis a habit (of mind or body), from ekhein have,…

η η σύναψη σύμβασης στην οποία ενεργεί ένα μόνο πρόσωπο που συμβάλλεται αφενός για τον εαυτό του και αφετέρου ως αντιπρόσωπος του αντισυμβαλλομένου του