§637. Measures of Value, etc
The Measures of Weight are—
12 unciae (ounces) =one pound (libra, about 3/4 lb. avoirdupois).
Fractional parts (weight or coin) are —
| 1/12, uncia. | 5/12, quīncunx. | 3/4, dōdrāns. |
| 1/6, sextāns. | 1/2, sēmis. | 5/6, dextāns. |
| 1/4, quadrāns. | 7/12, septunx. | 11/12, deunx. |
| 1/3, triēns. | 2/3, bēs or bēssis. | 12/12, as. |
The Talent (talentum) was a Greek weight ( τάλαντον) = 60 librae.
J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.