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LNS

dextans, dextantis

contr. from de and sextans: Mull., de and sextans: as dempto sextante

adjective (3^rd 1-termination)

ten twelfths

Abbreviations

dextans, antis, m. contr. from de and sextans: as dempto sextante, Varr. L. L. 5, § 172 Mull., ten twelfths of any thing (mostly post-Aug.; Cic. writes instead: pars dimidia et tertia, Fam. 13, 29, 4; cf.: remissis senio et trientibus, id. Sest. 25, 55), Varr. l. l.: jugeri, Col. 5, 1, 12: horae, Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 324: gradus neque crassiores dextante, neque tenuiores dodrante, Vitr. 3, 3: pro semisse dextans, Suet. Ner. 32.