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sescuplus (sesquiplus, in vett. edd. Plin. 2, 22, 20, § 84, where, however, the best MSS. have sescuplus), a, um, adj. [sesqui], taken once and a half, once and a half as much: ut tempora tria ad duo relata sescuplum faciant, Quint. 9, 4, 47; so Plin. 1. 1.: tempus, Ter. Maur. Syll. pp. 2395 and 2412 P.: ratio, Censor. de Die Nat. 1.

sesquĭ (sesque), num. adv. [perh. contr. from semis-qui], one half more, more by a half. As a separate word it occurs only once: ut necesse sit partem pedis aut aequalem alteri parti aut altero tanto aut sesqui esse majorem (just after, sesquiplex), Cic. Or. 56, 188. But freq. joined in one word with designations of number or quantity, with the signif. of once and a half. Joined with numerals (octavus and tertius), like the Gr. ἐπί (in ἐπόγδοος, ἐπίτριτος, etc.), it denotes an integer and such a fraction over as the numeral designates; v. sesquioctavus, etc.

sesquĭ-alter, ĕra, ĕrum, adj., once and a half (ἐπιδεύτερος), Cic. Univ. 7, 20 sqq.; Vitr. 3, 1 med.; App. Mag. p. 330 med.

* sesquĭ-cūlĕāris, e, adj., containing a culeus and a half: dolia, Col. 12, 18, 7.

Sesquĭ-cūlus, i, m. (i. e. with buttocks one half too large), a surname of Strabo, Marc. Vict. p. 2456 P.

sesquĭ-cyăthus, i, m., a cyathus and a half, Cels. 6, 7, 2.

* sesquĭ-dĭgĭtālis, e, adj., of a digit and a half: foramen, Vitr. 10, 22 med.

sesquĭ-dĭgĭtus, i, m., a digit and a half, Vitr. 8, 5, 2; 10, 11, 3.

* sesquĭ-hōra, ae, f., an hour and a half, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.

sesquĭ-jūgĕrum, i, n., a juger and a half, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31; 18, 19, 49, § 178.

sesquĭ-lībra, ae, f., a pound and a half, Cato, R. R. 105; Col. 12, 36.

* sesquĭ-mensis, is, m., a month and a half, Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 1.

sesquĭ-mŏdĭus, ii, m., a peck and a half, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 3; 1, 42; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215; Col. 2, 12, 4.

* sesquĭ-ŏbŏlus, i, m., an obolus and a half, Plin. 26, 8, 46, § 73.

* sesquĭ-octāvus, a, um, num. adj., corresp. to the Gr. ἐπόγδοος, containing nine eighths, or one and an eighth; bearing the ratio of nine to eight: intervallum, Cic. Univ. 7, 21; cf. sesquitertius, and v. sesqui.

* sesquĭ-ŏpĕra, ae, f., a day’s work and a half, Col. 2, 12, 2.

* sesquĭ-ŏpus, ĕris, n., = sesquiopera, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67.

sesquĭ-pĕdālis, e, adj.

  1. I. Of a foot and a half; one foot and a half in length, breadth, or diameter, Cato, R. R. 15, 2: tigna, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: talea, Col. 5, 9, 3: mensura, id. 9, 15, 4; 11, 2, 18; 11, 3, 48; Vitr. 5, 10; 10, 15, 4.
  2. II. Poet. transf., to denote excessive length, half a yard long: dentes, Cat. 97, 5: verba, Hor. A. P. 97; Mart. 7, 14, 10.

* sesquĭ-pĕdānĕus, a, um, adj., a foot and a half long (more freq. sesquipedalis): cornua, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.

sesquĭ-pēs, pĕdis, m., a foot and a half (in length, breadth, etc.): cytisum in sesquipedem ponere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43: plus quam sesquipedem prohibeat infodere, Col. 3, 13, 8; id. Arb. 1, 5: sesquipede est quam tu longior, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 58; Mart. 8, 60, 2; Pers. 1, 57.

* sesquĭ-plāga, ae, f., a blow and a half, a stroke and a half, Tac. A. 15, 67 fin.

sesquĭplāris, is, and sesquĭplā-rĭus, ii, m. [sesquiplex], a soldier who received a ration and a half as a reward for his bravery, Veg. Mil. 2, 7; Inscr. Rein. cl. 8, n. 13; Inscr. Orell. 3476; called also SESQVIPLICARIVS, Hyg. Grom. med.; Inscr. Fabr. p. 104, n. 245; and SESCVPLICARIVS, Inscr. Orell. 3408; 3416.

sesquĭ-plex, plĭcis, adj. [plico], taken once and a half; once and a half as much: sesquiplex aut duplex aut par, * Cic. Or. 57, 193; also sescuplex (cf. sescuplus), Quint. 9, 4, 47.

sesquĭplĭcārĭus, ii, v. sesquiplaris fin.

sesquĭplus, a, um, v. sescuplus.

* sesquĭ-tertĭus, a, um, num. adj., corresp. to the Gr. ἐπίτριτος, containing one and a third, or four thirds; bearing the ratio of four to three: intervallum, Cic. Univ. 7, 21; cf. sesquioctavus, and v. sesqui.

Sesquĭ-ŭlixes (Sescŭlixes, Plin. H. N. praef. § 24), as the designation of a thoroughly deceitful man (qs. a Ulysses and a half), name of a satire of Varro (cited very freq. by Nonius), Non. 28, 12; 31, 30; 45, 2; 48, 31 et saep.