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sextans

sextans · m

A sixth part of an

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Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

sextans — Lewis & Short

sextans, antis, m.sex.

I A sixth part of an as (v. as): sextans ab eo quod sexta pars assis, ut quadrans quod quarta et triens quod tertia pars, Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.: heredes in sextante, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4: ex sextante heres institutus, Dig. 44, 2, 30; Cod. Th. 9, 42, 8 pr.—

B In partic.

1 As a coin: extulit eum plebs sextantibus collatis in capita, Liv. 2, 33 fin.; Plin. 33, 10, 48, § 138; hence, servus sextantis, i. e. of very trifling value, worthless, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 9, 4.—

2 In weighing, Plin. 26, 11, 74, § 121; Ov. Med. Fac. 65; Mart. 8, 71, 9; (with pondo) Scrib. Larg. 4; 42 al.—

3 As a measure of land, the sixth part of a juger, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 10.—

4 As a liquid measure, the sixth part of a sextarius, or two cyathi, Col. 12, 23, 1; Mart. 5, 64, 1; Suet. Aug. 77.—

5 As a lineal measure, Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 94.—

II Among mathematicians, the sixth part of the number six, as of the numerus perfectus (v. as), i. e. unity, one, Vitr. 3, 1, 6.

In the wild

sextans Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.11.p9
sextans Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.1.10
sextans Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.6.5

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