dextans
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
Latin > English
dextans dextantis N M :: measure/weight of ten unciae (ten ounces); (ten-twelfths of a unit)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dextans: antis, m. contr. from de and sextans: as dempto sextante, Varr. L. L. 5, § 172 Müll.,
I ten twelfths of any thing (mostly post-Aug.; Cic. writes instead: pars dimidia et tertia, Fam. 13, 29, 4; cf.: remissis senio et trientibus, id. Sest. 25, 55), Varr. l. l.: jugeri, Col. 5, 1, 12: horae, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 324: gradus neque crassiores dextante, neque tenuiores dodrante, Vitr. 3, 3: pro semisse dextans, Suet. Ner. 32.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēxtāns,¹⁶ tis, m. (de, sextans), l’unité moins ⅙ = les cinq sixièmes de la livre romaine, ou d’un tout qcq divisible : Suet. Nero 32 ; Vitr. Arch. 3, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēxtāns, antis, m. (de u. sextans; eig., wobei 1/8 As fehlt, also =) fünf Sechstel od. zehn Zwölftel eines zwölfteiligen Ganzen, iugeri, Col.: gradus non crassiores dextante, zehn Zoll, Vitr.: pro semisse dextans, statt der Hälfte fünf Sechstel des Ganzen, Suet.
