dodrans

dōdrans, antis, m., 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.
• • • • • α As a measure of length, nine inches, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 71; Suet. Aug. 79; Front. Aquaed. 65.—
        • β As a measure of time, three quarters of an hour, Plin. 18, 25, 58, § 219; 2, 14, 11, § 58.

dōdrāns, tis, m. (dē u. quadrāns; wobei ¹/₄ des As fehlt, also) drei Viertel od. neun Zwölftel (unciae) des röm. as (zwölfteiligen Ganzen), I) im allg.: aedificii reliquus d., Cic.: heres ex dodrante, Suet.: solvere dodrantem (drei Viertel seiner Schuld) nuper tibi, Quinte, volebat lippus Hylas, luscus vult dare dimidium, Mart. – II) insbes.: a) als Flächenmaß = drei Viertel eines Morgen Landes, Liv., Col. u.a. – b) als Längenmaß = drei Viertel Fuß, eine Spanne, neun Zoll, quinque pedes et dodrans, Suet.: ut (crassitudines graduum) neque crassiores dextante neque tenuiores dodrante sint collocatae, Vitr. – c) als Zeitmaß = drei Viertel einer Stunde, dodrantes horarum, Plin. 18, 118: dodrantes semunciae, 47¹/₂ Minuten, Plin. 2, 58. – ➳ Nbf. a) dōdrās, Metrol. scriptt. p. 87, 16 Hultsch. – b) dōdrān (indecl.), ibid. p. 130. no. 32.

dodrans [CL], ~a 1 three quarters (of as), nine ounces. b three quarters of year. ~ans sive doras: ix uncie‥. si [aliquod temporis spatium] in quattuor [partiri vis], quarta pars quadrantis nomen, residuae tres ~antis accipiunt Bede TR 4 pp. 184–5; Thurkill Abac. 61v (v. deunx); quadrans quartam partem uncie ponderat et ~ans dicitur in Ebraico [sic] ciclus in Latino [sic] [cf. Isid. Etym. XVI 24. 17] Bart. Angl. XIX 127.  b Philippicus [711-13] regnavit quadram cum anno; Anastasius [713-15] regnavit ~am cum anno (Imp. Romani) Diceto II 215. 2 (? by assoc. w. third quarter of the moon) flood or (?) neap tide, or eagre (tidal bore). a690 caerula trans ponti glauca [v. l. glauci] inormesque ~antium glareas atque spumiferas limphae obstirpationes circili carina procellosum sulcante salum Aldh. Ep. 5; oceanus cum molibus / atque diris dodrantibus / pulsabat promontoria (Id.) Carm. Aldh. 1. 108; ~ans, egur GlC D 343; ~ans, i. malina, egur, ~ante, dreariende GlH D 811-2; †10‥ †detrans, egor WW.

dōdrāns, (14) antis, m. , les 9/12 ou les 3/4 dʼun tout : Argiletani ædificii reliquum dodrantem emere Cic. Att. 1, 14, 7, acheter les trois quarts qui subsistent encore du bâtiment de lʼArgilète ; heres ex dodrante Nep. Att. 5, 2, héritier des trois quarts || empan [mesure de longueur] : Plin. 36, 76 ; Suet. Aug. 79.

dodrans , tis. m.
九兩。四分有三。

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dōdrāns antis, m

• de + quadrans, a quarter off, three fourths, nine twelfths: aedifici reliquus: heres ex dodrante, to three fourths of the estate, N.—Of land, three fourths(of a iugerum), L.

DODRANS

DODRANSnine ounces, nine-twelfths or three-fourths of the as [AS], or three-fourths of anything. Hence the phrase heres ex dodrante, the heir to three-fourths of an estate. (Cic. Att. 1.1. 4; Nep. Attic. 5; Mart. 8.9; Suet. Jul. 83.)

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Dodrans

Nine twelfths or three fourths of a Roman as; three fourths. Hence the phrase heres ex dodrante was used of an heir to three fourths of an estate. See as.