sextantaladj.

Brit.

/sɛkˈstantl/, U.S.

/sɛkˈstæn(t)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sextant- , sextāns , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin sextant-, sextāns sextant n. + -al suffix¹.

†1. Having the form of the sixth part of a circle. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. V. at Observatory A telescope..fixed to a sextantal or semicircular divided arch, the centre of which is fixed to a long vertical axis.

2. Of or relating to the ancient Roman sextans; esp. designating a system of currency based on this (cf. sextant n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [adjective] > ancient Roman

sextantary1656

sextantal1848

1848 in W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 2) 140/1 The fixing of the sextantal standard arose partly out of the relation of value between copper and the silver coinage which had been very lately introduced.

1887 B. V. Head Historia Numorum 37 Bronze coins of the Roman sextantal and uncial systems.

1937 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 27 104 Dionysius, at any rate, had no doubt that the asses were sextantal; for he represents Livy's figure, translated into drachmae, at 10 asses to the drachma.

1987 J. S. Wacher Rom. World (2002) I. 85 The denarius..being the equivalent of four sestertii or ten sextantal asses.

2003 Classical Jrnl. 99 209 What we have are the ratings determined after the as was established on a sextantal basis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sextantal
释义	sextantaladj. Brit. /sɛkˈstantl/, U.S. /sɛkˈstæn(t)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sextant- , sextāns , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin sextant-, sextāns sextant n. + -al suffix¹. †1. Having the form of the sixth part of a circle. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. V. at Observatory A telescope..fixed to a sextantal or semicircular divided arch, the centre of which is fixed to a long vertical axis. 2. Of or relating to the ancient Roman sextans; esp. designating a system of currency based on this (cf. sextant n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [adjective] > ancient Roman sextantary1656 sextantal1848 1848 in W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 2) 140/1 The fixing of the sextantal standard arose partly out of the relation of value between copper and the silver coinage which had been very lately introduced. 1887 B. V. Head Historia Numorum 37 Bronze coins of the Roman sextantal and uncial systems. 1937 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 27 104 Dionysius, at any rate, had no doubt that the asses were sextantal; for he represents Livy's figure, translated into drachmae, at 10 asses to the drachma. 1987 J. S. Wacher Rom. World (2002) I. 85 The denarius..being the equivalent of four sestertii or ten sextantal asses. 2003 Classical Jrnl. 99 209 What we have are the ratings determined after the as was established on a sextantal basis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1809
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