adjective

sescuncĭa

gen. sescunciae

(SESCONCIA, Inscr. Orell. 4563), , sesqui-uncia

one and a half; a twelfth and a half; one eighth •

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.

Perseus ID: n43965 Key: sescuncia