Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Dextans

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Ten ounces, ten twelfths of the as (q. v.), not represented by a coin; or ten twelfths of anything (Varr. L. L. v. 172; Suet. Ner. 32).

Dextralé. (From a Pompeian Painting.)

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)