Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 637

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[*] 637. The Measures of Weight are—

12 unciae (ounces) =one pound (libra, about 3/4 lb. avoirdupois).

Fractional parts (weight or coin) are —

1/12, uncia.	5/12, quīncunx.	3/4, dōdrāns.
1/6, sextāns.	1/2, sēmis.	5/6, dextāns.
1/4, quadrāns.	7/12, septunx.	11/12, deunx.
1/3, triēns.	2/3, bēs or bēssis.	12/12, as.

The Talent (talentum) was a Greek weight ( τάλαντον ) = 60 librae.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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