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Two thirds of a unit

  • 1 bes

    bes, bessis, m. (nom. bessis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.; Prisc. Ponder. p. 1348 P.) [be-is = binae partes assis].
    I.
    Two thirds of a unit (the as); eight unciae, or twelfths (cf. as): bessis octo sunt unciae (8/12 = 2/3), triens quattuor, Paul. ex Fest. l. l.
    A.
    As a coin: fenus ex triente Idib. Quint. factum erat bessibus, i. e. instead of the previous monthly interest of 1/3 %, 2/3 % was now reckoned; thus, acc. to the present mode of calculating, for the year, the interest advanced from 4 % (12X1/3) to 8 % (12X2/3), * Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7.—
    B.
    In gen., two thirds of any whole.
    1.
    Of shares in a partnership:

    Nerva constituit, ut tu ex triente socius esses, ego ex besse,

    Dig. 17, 2, 76.—
    2.
    Of a sum of money:

    exsolvere bessem pretii,

    Dig. 17, 1, 12.—
    3.
    Of a tract of land:

    emere bessem fundi,

    Dig. 16, 21, 2, § 39: bisque novem, Nemeaee, dabis, bessemque (i. e. eight months) sub illis, Manil. 3, 367.—
    4.
    Of a jugerum:

    partes duae tertiae pedes decem novem milia et ducentos, hoc est bes, in quo sunt scripula CXCII.,

    Col. 5, 1, 11.—
    5.
    Of a measure of capacity:

    bes sextarii,

    Scrib. Comp. 126.—
    6.
    Of a pound, = 8 ounces:

    in binos semodios farinae satis esse bessem fermenti,

    Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 102; Scrib. Comp. 157.—
    7.
    Of an inheritance:

    heres ex besse,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 2.—
    C.
    Meton. for eight: quincunces et sex cyathos bessemque bibamus, Caïus ut fiat Julius et Proculus (i. e. so many letters were comprised in these names; cf. 1. bibo, 2. e.), Mart. 11, 36, 7 and 8.—
    D.
    Bes alter = (12+8)/12 = 1 2/3, Fest. s. v. triens, p. 363 Müll.—
    II.
    In mathematics, where the cardinal number is six (cf. as
    ► ), bes = 4, Gr.
    dimoiros, Vitr. 3, 1, p. 61 Rod. and bes alter = (6+4)/6 = 1 2/3, Gr. epidimoiros, id. ib.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > bes

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