sextans
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
Latin > English (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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sextāns,¹⁴ tis, m. (sex),
1 sextant, 1/6e de l’as : Varro L. 5, 171 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 254
2 un sixième a) d’une somme : in sextante heres Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 4, héritier pour un sixième ; b) d’une livre [poids]: Plin. 26, 121 ; c) d’un arpent : Varro R. 1, 10, 2 ; Col. Rust. 5, 1, 10 ; d) du sextarius = deux cyathes : Col. Rust. 12, 23, 1 ; Mart. 5, 64, 1 ; Suet. Aug. 77
3 le sixième du nombre parfait [six] = l’unité : Vitr. Arch. 3, 1, 6.
