sesqui

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See also: sesqui-

Latin

Etymology

Variant of sēsqui-.

Pronunciation

Adverb

sēsqui (not comparable)

  1. (hapax) Alternative form of sēsqui-: 1½ times; increased by 50%.
    • 46 bc, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Orator, Ch. 23, §187 or 188:
      Pes enim, qui adhibetur ad numeros, partitur in tria, ut necesse sit partem pedis aut aequalem esse alteri parti aut altero tanto aut sesqui esse maiorem.

References

  • “sesqui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sesqui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sesqui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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