“sextula”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sextula

释义

‖ sextula Antiq.|ˈsɛkstjʊlə|
Also (in Dicts.) anglicized sextule.
[L., dim. of sexta (sc. pars), fem. of sextus sixth.]
The sixth part of a Roman ounce (uncia). Also a Roman land measure, the sixth of an uncia. Hence † ˈsextulary a. [after mod.L. sextulāris], of a ‘sextula’.
1656Blount Glossogr., Sextule.1657W. Rand tr. Gassendi's Life Peiresc ii. v. 114 Both being added, make five Sextulæ (for half an ounce contains three of them) so that by this means all the parts of an ounce might be computed, both the duellary and sextulary parts.1658J. Rowland tr. Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1056 Rabby Moyses prescribes one Sextula of Frankincense with Wine sufficient.1888Petrie in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 488/2 The sextula after Constantine had the name of solidus as a coin weight.

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