sextante
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sextans, sextantis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
one-sixth of any unit; (1/6);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Dicis, Saenia: sed negant latrones. XXVII Poto ego sextantes, tu potas, Cinna, deunces: Et quereris quod non, Cinna..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cotula rasa selibra data est; octauus ligulam misit sextante minorem; nonus acu leuius uix cocleare tulit. Quod mittat..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...bene Caesar, sic Capitolinus Iuppiter." Immo tibi. Sextantes, Calliste, duos infunde Falerni, tu super aestiuas, Alcime, solue niues..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...locauerunt. uectigal etiam nouum ex salaria annona statuerunt. sextante sal et Romae et per totam Italiam erat; Romae..."