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1 semuncia
sēm-uncĭa, ae, f. [semi;I.semuncia quod dimidia pars unciae,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.], a half-ounce, i. e. the twenty-fourth part of an as.In gen., a twenty-fourth part of any whole:II.facit heredem ex deunce et semunciā Caecinam,
Cic. Caecin. 6, 17:semunciae horarum,
Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58. —Hence, transf., a trifle: bona ejus propter alieni aeris magnitudinem semunciā venierunt, for a trifling sum, qs. for a mere song, Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. fin. p. 54 Orell.— Trop.:brevis semuncia recti,
Pers. 5, 121. —In partic., of weight, the twentyfourth of a pound:B.semuncia auri,
Liv. 34, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57:mellis,
Col. 12, 57, 5; 12, 21, 2.—As a measure of dimension, the twenty-fourth of a jugeruin, Col. 5, 1, 10; 5, 2, 4.—A domestic utensil of unknown capacity, Cato, R. R. 10, 3.
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