SES 
SES 
SEV 
trates. Ct:.) Hence, figur. Cic. Servi 
cupiflitatunv. Id. legum, ft. e. slaves, 
subjects. Id. Servus potestatis (vestrre), 
h. e. subject to iiuur poioer. -If Also, 
of houses or lands, subject to certain 
servitudes , liable to certain burdens or 
duties, of base tenure. Cic. Prredia ser- 
va. Pandect. redes. 
SeSAMX. Pee Sesamum. 
SESAMINOS (ayadpivoy), a, um, aaj. of 
:l sesame. Plm. oleum. 
SESAMBIDfiS (oeaaposiSis), is, «• 871 
2 herb resembling sesame, perhaps a species 
of Erigeron, L. Plin. ... 
SESAMUM (arjtrapov), ), n. and Se -AM A 
(or/oduri), a;, f. sesame, sesamum (Pesa- 
mum Olientale, I,.). — Sesamum is found 
in Cels, and Plin. — The plural Sesama, 
orum, is used when several are spoken 
of. Cohan. — Sesama, at , occurs in Plin. 
SeSCOLySSeS. 3 Pee Scsi/uiulysscs. 
SeSCuNCIA (for sesquiuncia), re, t. a 
2 twelfth and a half, pia ijpiav ovyxyi. Pan¬ 
dect. hereditatis. Colum. radicis, ft. e. 
an ounce and a half. — Also, adjectivr.ly. 
Plant. In manibus gestant copulas ses- 
cuncias, h. e. an inch and a half thick. 
SeSCuNCIALIS (sescuncia), e, adj. of 
2 an inch and a half. Plin. crassitudo. 
SESCuNX, and SESQ.U0NX, cis, m. 
same as Sescuncia. Plin. 
SeSCBPLeX, and SeSQUIPLkX (sesqui 
& plica, not used), Icis, adj. one. and a 
half time. Sescuplex occurs in Q umtil.; 
Sesquivlexm Cic. 
SeSCBPLOS, or SeSQUTPLOs (sesqui), a, 
2 um, adj. one and a half time as much, 
containing as much and half as muck 
more., fipibhios- Quintil. and Pint. 
SESELIS (c-Eo-sXif, and aiaehi), is, f. hart- 
wort. Cic. — It is also called seseli. 
Plin. Also, Silc, or Sil. Plin. De sill. 
Id. Silis ( genit.). 
SESIA. See Scssia. 
SES6STRIS (Seowt-ois), is and idis, in. 
2 a celebrated Icing of Egypt.. Tacit. 
SeSQUI (probably from semis & qms, 
quid, for aliquis, aliquid), as much 
more. Cic. Sesqui major, h. c. as 
great and half as much greater. So, 
also, when it is compounded with a 
substantive, as sesquicyathus, &c. —- 
H When compounded with numerals, it 
denotes that one such part is to be added 
as is indicated by the number follow¬ 
ing; as, sesquialter, ^ and A ; sesqui- 
tertius, -j| and ^, &c. 
SESQUIALTER (sesqui & alter), a, um, 
1 adj. containing one and a half of any 
thing, containing three halves, ijpioXios, 
emScvrepo ?. Cic. 
SESQUIC OLE ARKS (sesqui & culearis), 
2 e, adj. containing a culeus and a half, 
TptouiKohaios. Colum. doliuni. 
PSPCiUrCYATHOS (sesqni & cyathus), 
2 i m. a cyathus and a half. Cels. 
SESQUIDIGIT A LIS (sesqui & digitalis), 
2 e adj. of a finger’s breadth and a half, 
of an inch and a half. Vitruv. foramen. 
SkSQUIDIGITOS (sesqui fc digitus), l, 
2 m. a finger and a half, an inch and a 
half. Vitruv. 
SESQUfHORA (sesqui fc hora), re, f. an 
2 hour and a half, rpirniidipiov. Plin. F.p. 
SESQUIJOGERUM (sesqui & jugerum), 
2 j, n. an acre, and a half. Plin. 
SESQITILIBRA (sesqui & libra), re, f. a 
2 pound and a half, rpinpiXirpov. Colum. 
SESQUIMENSIS (sesqui & mensis), is, 
3 m. a month and a half, rpiypiprioov. 
Varr. . 
SESQUIM5DI0S (sesqui & modius), it, 
1 in. a modius and a half. Varr. 
SESQUI0B5L0S (sesqui & obolus), i, m. 
2 an nbole and a half, rpinpidfiohov. Plin. 
PESO, UI OCTAVOS (sesqui & octavus), 
1 a, um, adj. denotes the ratio 8 : 9, conse¬ 
quently i|, enoySbo;. Cic. 
SESQUiaPERA (sesqui & opera), re, f. 
2 a day’s work and a half, rpuipupyiov. 
Colum. „ . 
SE8QUI6P0S (sesqui & opus), ens, n. 
3 the work of a day and a half. Plant. 
SeSQUI'PEDaLIS (sesqui & pedalis), 
e, adj. of a foot and a half, sesquipedul. 
Vitruv. latitudo. Colum. mensura. 
Cats, tigna. Figur. Horat. verba, h. e. 
of an unnatural length, huge, big. 
KeSQUIPEDANEOS (sesqui & pedaneus), 
a, um, adj. same as Sesquipedalis. 
Plin. 
SESQUIPES (sesqui & pes), edis, m. a 
3 foot and a half, in breadth, length, &c. 
rpiyyncbSiov. Colum. and Martial. 
SESQUIPLAGA (sesqui & plaga), re, f. a 
2 stroke or blow and a half. Tacit. 
SESQUTPLEX.l See Sescuplcx. 
SESQUlPLi'S. See Sescuplus. 2 
SeSQUITeRTIOS (sesqui & tertius), a, 
1 um, adj. denotes the ratio 3 : 4, con¬ 
sequently 14. Cic. 
SeSQUIOLySSeS, and SeSCOLySSeS 
2 (sesqui & Ulysses), is, m. one Ulysses 
anil a half, h. e. a very cunning person, 
a satire of Varro. Plin. 
SeSSIX, orSESIX columna, a column in 
3 the. circus maximus, so called, because the 
Dea Sessia, the goddess of sowing or 
seed, was on it. Tertull. 
SESSIBCLUM (sedeo), i, n. a scat , chair. 
3 Plaut. 
SESSILIS (sedeo), e, adj. fit to sit upon. 
2 Ovid, terguni (equi).-IF Also , sitting 
easily. Hence, standing easily firm, as 
a drinking-vessel, which consequently 
has a broad bottom. Pers. obba. Plin. 
pira (probably because they are thick, 
and on that account stand easily). —— 
ir Also, low, dwarfish, seeming to sit. 
Plin. lactnca. 
SESSIMoNIUM (sedeo), ii, ti. a seat, 
2 abode, dwclling-placc. Vitruv. deorum. 
Sf-SSIS (Id.), onis, f. a sitting, eopcvaiy 
Cic. - IF Also, a session, sitting in 
judgment, of the prretor. Pandect'. 
IT Also, a place where one sits, a seat, 
chair, tec. Cic. - IT Also, figur. a 
staying, abiding or tarrying in a place 
Cic. 
PeSSITB (freqnentat. of sedeo), as, n. I. 
1 to sit often, sit, KuSefiopai. Cic. in la- 
bris. Mpul. Sessitandi regio, li. e. the 
fundmvcvt. 
SESSIONOOLA (dimili. of sessio), re, f- 
1 a sitting. Hence, an assembly of pa-sons 
sittincr and conversing together. Cic. 
SESS5R (sedeo), oris, m. a sitter, eSpevryc, 
2 as in the theatre. Horat. In vacuo Ire- 
tus sessor plansorque theatro. Also, 
on horseback or on any other animal. 
Sense. Pecora verbere domantur: nec 
irascimur ii 1 is, cum sessorein recusa- 
verint.-IF Also, an inhabitart. JVc- 
pos. . 
SESSoRIUM (Id.), ii, n. that upon which 
3 one sits, as a chair, seat, Sec. Cirl. Mur. 
-IF Also, a scat, dwelling. Pelron. 
viperre. . . „ „ 
SkSPOP (Fd.), ns, m. a sitting. 3 Mpul. 
SESTERTIARIOS (sestertius), a,uin,adj. 
3 that may be had for a sesterce ,* or, scarce¬ 
ly worth a sesterce. Pelron. gladiator. 
Id. homo. 
SESTERTI5LUR1 (dimin. of sestertmm), 
i, n. same as Sestertivan. Martini. Ses- 
tertiolnm (vent, sing.) bis denies, h. e. 
two millions of sesterces. 
SeSTeRTIuS (semis & tertius), a, um, 
adj. two anil a half. — Hence, Colum. 
Sestertius mimmus, or, simply, Cic. 
Sestertius, sc. mimmus, h. c. a sesterce: 
a Roman'silver coin (properly, the val 
ue of tw\o asses and a half), four of 
which made a denarius. — Also, a trifle , 
for which any tiling is sold. Cic. — 
Sesteilhnn, ii', n. sc. pondo, a sum if 
money of the value of a thousand ses¬ 
tertii. Cic. Sexcenta sestertia, ft. e. 
sir. hundred thousand sestertii. I he 
ancients used to denote both by IIP 
or US; hence it is frequently diffi¬ 
cult to conjecture whether sestertii or 
sestertia is meant. The ancients usu¬ 
ally reckoned by sesterces, and, when 
a sum amounts to ten hundred thou- 
sand and more, n hundred is omitted, 
but understood. The neuter singular, 
srstcrtinm, is generally joined in all its 
cases with numerals in ies; as, Uccies 
sestertium, ft. e. ten times u hundred thou¬ 
sand sestertii. Cic. ,Sestertium iniSlies 
relinquatur, ft. e. a thousand times a hun¬ 
dred thousand sestertii. W epos. In ses- 
tevtio vicies, h. e. twenty times a hundred, 
thousand sesterces, 2,0(10,000 sesterces. 
Tadl. Sestertii tor millies possessor. 
— Sdin. Sestertio amplo oomparare, 
ft. c. with a large sum of money. 
Sestertius is also a copper coin. Plin. 
IT Asa measure. Colum. Q.uod vocant 
822 
rustic! sestertium, ft. e. two feet and a 
half deep. 
SESTIXC0S CZyariaKoe), a, um, adj. of 
3 or belonging to Sestos. Stilt. 
SeSTIANOS (Sestius), a, um, adj. Ses- 
tian, called after one Sestius. Colum. 
mala. 
SeSTIXS CZyurias), Sdis, f. of or belong- 
3 ing to Sestos. Slut. Sestias, sc. puella, 
ft. r. Hero. 
SsSTIOS, a, um, the name of a Roman 
gens ; same as Fextius, with this differ¬ 
ence, however, that the patrician family 
was called Sestius, but the plebeian, Sex¬ 
tans. 
SISTBS, or SESTOS (Syaros), i, f. a 
town of Thrace, on the Hellespont; oppo¬ 
site to which, on the Msiatic shore, Mbydos 
was situated. The celebrated Hero lived in 
Sestus, and her lover Leander at Mbydos. 
He often swam across the Hellespont to visit 
her, and at last was drowned. See Ovid 
Her. 18 and 19. 
SeSTOS (Sestus), a, um, adj. of or be. 
longing to Sestus. Ovid, puella, ft. e. 
. .Hero. 
SET, for Sed. See Seil. 
SETA, or S/ETA (unc.), re, f. any stiff, 
big, rough hair. Of swine, a bristle. 
Ovid, and Colum. Also, of other ani¬ 
mals. Cic. Seta equina, ft. e. horse¬ 
hair. Virg. liirci, A. e. goat’s-hair. Id. 
leonis. Id. vaccre. Also, of men, 
when their hair is rough and strong. 
Oin'd.-IT Also, a hair or bristle for 
angling; a fishing-line. Ovid. —— IT Al¬ 
so, a bmish or pencil made of bristles or 
hair. Vitruv. 
SeTXBIS, or SAETABIS, is, f. a town 
of Spain, now S. Felipe, in Valencia. 
— Hence, Setabitani, or Sretabitani, 
its inhabitants. Plin. — Setabus, or Sre- 
t&bus, a, um, adj. of or belonging to Se- 
tahis. Catull. sudaria- 
SeTANIA (aqravla), re, f. and SfTANI- 
UM (oyraviov), ii, n. a kind of medlar. 
Plin. and Plant.. -IF Also, a sort of 
onion. Plin. -IT Also, a kind of bulb. 
Plin. - IF Triticuin Setanium. Plin. 
See Sitanius , o, um. 
SeTIX, re, f. a towri of Latium. celebrated 
for its excellent wine, now Sczza. — 
Hence, Setlnus, a, um, adj. Cic. ager. 
Plin. Petini, ft. e. the in habitants of Setia.. 
SeTIGER (seta & gero), era, erum, adj. 
3 having bristles, setaceous, bristly, %airo- 
Q6pos. Virg. sus. Hence, Ovid. Seti- 
ger, for aper. 
SkTiNOS, a, um. See Setia. 
SeToSOS, or SiETOSOS (seta), a, uni, 
2 adj .full of bristles or strong hair, bristly, 
setaceous, hairy, xairpei;■ Virg. aper. 
Cels, pectus, ft. c. hairy. Propert. ver- 
bera, ft. e. hairy, of skin. 
SeTuLA, or S^ETuLA (dimin. of seta), 
3 re, f. a little bristle. Mruob. 
SEU (from sive); it is put twice or more 
than twice. When each seu, forwhich 
also sine may be used, has a separate 
verb, or when the first seu or sive be¬ 
gins a period and belongs to a verb, 
then it means whether — or. Cces. Fa¬ 
cile esse rem, seu manerent, seu pro- 
ticiscantur. Cic. Seu recte, seu perpe- 
ram facere cceperunt excellent. Ut is 
also used instead ot the latter sen. 
Virg. Sen imher prolnit, aut annis sol¬ 
vit vetustas. One seu is sometimes 
omitted. Horat.. Tollere seu ponere 
vnlt freta. — When this is not the case, 
then sen (sive) — sea (sive) means ei¬ 
ther — or, for which whet.\er — or may 
sometimes be used. Ca:s. Sen quod 
existimarent — sive quod contiderent. 
Creverunt seu maritimis, sen ter- 
J.iv. 
restribus friictilms, 
sen 
multitiidine. 
Id. Sive tirnore seu conscientia. — 
IT A single seu, when used in the be¬ 
ginning of a sentence, denotes and it, or 
or if, even if, although. Propert. 2, 2b, 
29. Seu mare per longum cogitet lie, 
&c. - Also, after a word, or. Cic. 
Nuncios seu potius Pegasos. lav. Ma- 
tri seu novercre. Propert. Prora cubne 
mihi sen mihi puppis erit. 
SkVaCEOS, SeVALIS. See Sebaceus, bcc. 
SEVERS (severus), adv. gravely, serious¬ 
ly, severely, austerely, rigidly, strictly M 
one’s principles, avoTripois, dnrorOjitn^ 
Sa.liust. judicare. Cic. and Cces. ^eve- 
rius. Cic. Severissimft* 
