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deunx

deunx · m

eleven twelfths

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What it meant

1. dĕ-unx — Lewis & Short

dĕ-unx, uncis, m.uncia,

I eleven twelfths, Varr. L. L. 5, § 172 Müll.: jugeri, Col. 5, 1, 12: heres ex deunce, Cic. Caecin. 6 fin.: avidi deunces, i. e. eleven per cent., Pers. 5, 150: potare deunces, i. e. eleven measures (cyathos), Mart. 12, 28; cf. id. 6, 78.

2. deünx — Walde–Hofmann

deünx, -cis m. „elf Zwolftel*, d. 1. „wobei eine uncia (ein As = 12 Unzen, also Y/ıs) fehlt* (Varro 1.1. 5, 172 -z dempta ncid; seit Cie.): de + üncia „weniger eine uncia* (z. B. Lindsay-Nohl 469); ähnlich dextans, -tis m, „fünf Sechstel (ein As weniger ein Sechstel)* Get Vitr., vulg. dest-; rom. *dexträns) und dödräns (s. d.); zum . Glied vgl. quincünz, -cíis m. „fünf Zwolftel* (Gewicht, Maß, Zinsfuß, auch Form der … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. deünx, p. 377]

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  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. deünx (scan pp. 377-378; entry #918). Root candidates: *guda-, *deiua-, *div-.

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