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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.
- 1/6, sextáns.
- 1/4, quadráns.
- 1/3, triéns.
- 5/12, quíncunx.
- 1/2, sémis.
- 7/12, septunx.
- 2/3, bés or béssis.
- 3/4, dódráns.
- 5/6, dextáns.
- 11/12, deunx.
- 12/12, as.
The Talent (talentum) was a Greek
weight (talanton) = 60 librae.