sesquitertius
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sesquĭ-tertĭus: a, um, num. adj., corresp. to the Gr. ἐπίτριτος,
I containing one and a third, or four thirds; bearing the ratio of four to three: intervallum, Cic. Univ. 7, 21; cf. sesquioctavus, and v. sesqui.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēsquĭtertĭus, a, um, qui contient une fois et un tiers [= 4/3] : Cic. Tim. 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
sēsqui-tertius, a, um = επίτριτος, bezeichnet das Verhältnis von 4 zu 3, also 1 + 1/<sub>3</sub> : 1, d.h. 4/<sub>3</sub> : 3/<sub>3</sub>, Cic. Tim. 23. Boëth. inst. arithm. 1, 1 u. 1, 24 u.a. Arnob. 2. no. 24 (wo sesquetertius).
