sextāns antis, m
sex, the sixth, a sixth part : heres ex parte dimidiā est Capito; in sextante sunt ii, etc., one sixth goes to those , etc.— A small coin, one sixth of an as, two unciae : non esse sextantis, not to be worth a groat : extulit eum plebs sextantibus conlatis in capita, L.— A small weight, one sixth of a pound : Sextantem trahere, O.