/ˈduθja/, [ˈd̪u.θjɐ], /ˈduθja/
OrixeFrom Old Galician-Portuguese duzia (independently attested in both corpora), from a derivative of Latin duodecim. Compare Portuguese dúzia, Spanish docena, English dozen.
- femininedozen
“Outroſi nos dardes cadá ãno por kalendas mayaſ una duzea de bonoſ auééſ τ outra duzea de lanpreas” — Also, you shall give to us yearly, by the calends of May, a dozen good shads and another dozen lampreys
“Iten, mando mays á dita Contança Gonçales, miña muller, a quarta parte da adega dos Vrancos, por quanto eu e ela conpramos a metade da dita adega a Meen Suares Galinato, e mándolle mays a cuba en que ”
“Vinte cinco ducias D'obos
eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan
con que fazer os Formigos,
e de mel vnha caldeyra,
que os meus cobos e cortizos
teñen moy boas entenas;
porque sairon ogano
moytos enjames d'abell” — Twenty-five dozens of eggs
I offer her, so that they have the necessary
to cook the formigos;
and of honey a cauldron,
because my skeps and hives
have very good honeycombs,
because this year
many swar
Formasducias(plural)