sesqui

See also: sesqui-

Latin

Etymology

Variant of sēsqui-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseːs.kʷi/, [ˈs̠eːs̠kʷɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈses.kwi/, [ˈsɛskwi]

Adverb

sēsqui (not comparable)

1. (hapax) Alternative form of sēsqui-: 1½ times; increased by 50%.
   • 46 bc, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Orator, Ch. 23, §187 or 188:

     Pes enim, qui adhibetur ad numeros, partitur in tria, ut necesse sit partem pedis aut aequalem esse alteri parti aut altero tanto aut sesqui esse maiorem.

References

• “sesqui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sesqui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sesqui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.