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dōdrans , antis, m.,
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.14
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 79
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 83
    • Cornelius Nepos, Atticus, 5.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.58
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.71
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 11
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.4.8
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.1.11
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 8.9
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