sesquioctavus
From LSJ
Μὴ σπεῦδ', ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδ', ἃ δεῖ, σπεύδειν μένε → Ne agas celeria tarde, aut tarda celeriter → Unnötiges tu nicht, was nötig ist, tu gleich
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sesquĭ-octāvus: a, um, num. adj., corresp. to the Gr. ἐπόγδοος,
I containing nine eighths, or one and an eighth; bearing the ratio of nine to eight: intervallum, Cic. Univ. 7, 21; cf. sesquitertius, and v. sesqui.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēsquĭoctāvus, a, um, qui contient une fois et un huitième [ou 9/8] : Cic. Tim. 21 || sesquioctavus decimus Boet. Mus. 3, 2, égal aux 19/18.
Latin > German (Georges)
sēsqui-octāvus, a, um = επόγδοος, gibt das Verhältnis von 9 zu 8 an, also 1 + 1/<sub>8</sub> : 1, d.h. 9/<sub>8</sub> : 8/<sub>8</sub>, Cic. Tim. 23 M. Arnob. 2, 24 (wo sesqueoctavus). Boëth. inst. mus. 1, 10. p. 197, 20 u.a.
