Re: One And A Half

On Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 04:08 , Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:
>
>> But it wasn't used only with measures. We also find, for example:
>> sesquiplaga [f.] = one and half blows [from a whip]
>
> How does one administer a non-integer number of blows with a whip?
> *curious*
I assumed it meant the second blow was lighter - but that's merely a guess
- I was just reporting that the word occurred.
Same with old Sesquiculus 'One-and-half-buttocks' - your guess is as good
as mine as to why he got the nickname  :)

Ray
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