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noun · femininethird declension

dōdrāns

dōdrāns f (genitive dōdrantis)

Meaning

  1. three-quarters (nine-twelfths) (especially of a foot, or of an hour)
  2. A book of debts introduced by the lex Valeria feneratoria

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedōdrānsdōdrantēs
genitivedōdrantisdōdrantium
dativedōdrantīdōdrantibus
accusativedōdrantemdōdrantēs
dōdrantīs
ablativedōdrantedōdrantibus
vocativedōdrānsdōdrantēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

heres ex asse, ex dodrante
sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate.

dōdrans, antis, m.,
I. nine twelfths or three fourths of any thing (v. as, I.).
I. In gen.: alicujus aedificii reliquum dodrantem emere, Cic. Att. 1, 14 fin.; cf.: solvere dodrantem, Mart. 8, 9: heres ex dodrante, Nep. Att. 5, 2; Suet. Caes. 83: jugeri, Col. 5, 1, 11; Liv. 8, 11: operae, Col. 2, 4, 8: dodrantes semuncias horarum, Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58: pondo dodrans, Scrib. Comp. 45 et saep.—
II. Esp.
(a). As a measure of length, nine inches, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71; Suet. Aug. 79; Front. Aquaed. 65.—
(b). As a measure of time, three quarters of an hour, Plin. 18, 25, 58, § 219; 2, 14, 11, § 58.

Origins

Contraction of dequadrans from dē- (of-) + quadrāns (fourth)

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesDodransDodrans nine ounces, nine-twelfths or three-fourths of the as [AS], or three-fourths of anything. Hence the phrase heres ex dodrante, the heir to thre…

Quick answers

What does dōdrāns mean in Latin?
dōdrāns, a noun, means “three-quarters (nine-twelfths) (especially of a foot, or of an hour); A book of debts introduced by the lex Valeria feneratoria”.
What is the genitive of dōdrāns?
The genitive singular is dōdrantis. dōdrāns is feminine, third declension.