sescuncia

Latin > English

sescuncia sescunciae N F :: one-eighth of whole; one-and-half unciae

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sescuncĭa: (SESCONCIA, Inscr. Orell. 4563), ae, f. sesqui-uncia,
I one and a half unciae, i.e. a twelfth and a half, = one eighth of a whole, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Cels. 5, 18, 28; Col. 12, 59, 4; Scrib. Larg. 50; 60; Front. Aquaed. 26; Dig. 37, 8, 7 fin.—As adj.: copulae sescunciae, an inch and a half thick, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 11; cf. the foll. art.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sēscuncĭa, æ, f. (sesqui, uncia), une once et demie : Plin. 36, 187 || un douzième et demi = un huitième : Dig. 37, 8, 7.

Latin > German (Georges)

sēscūncia, ae, f. (= sesquiuncia), anderthalb Zwölftel eines Asses (as) oder zwölfteiligen Ganzen, anderhalb Unzen, Cels. u.a.: hereditatis, ICt.: radicis, drei Lot, Colum.: senica non sescunciae, nicht einen Heller wert, Pompon. com. 111. – / Plaut. Epid. 617 liest Goetz secum simul.