sexiens

sexiens [CL] 1 on six occasions, six times. jam ~ies ‥ summorum apostolorum Rome liminibus astiti Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 9 (cf. Ailr. Ed. Conf. 754C); vas ‥ tale ‥ quod ~ties impletum sextarium contineat Obed. Abingd. 399. 2 (as multiplier in arith. reckoning) six times; b (in compound number). c (~ies viginti) sixscore, 120 (sts. spec. as equivalent to a ‘long hundred’; cf. centum 1d). ~ies quadrageni, ccxl Theod. Laterc. 13; ~ies deni sexais Bede TR 17; 798 partire quinque minuta in triginta; fiunt ~ies quinque Alcuin Ep. 148 p. 240; ~ies [gl.: sex †civibus, l. sex vicibus] sexageni [gl.: lx], trecenti sexaginta Byrht. Man. 208; decemplex ‥ ~ies, six siþum tynfeald GlP 950.  b multiplicentur 19 minutie trecenties quadragesies ~ies, et fiunt 6574 Walcher Drac. 94; si quantitas diametri solis respectu diametri lune sumpta multiplicetur in se cubice, erit hic cubus ~ies mille et sexcentuplum et quadragintuplum et quadruplum respectu corporis lune et medietas ejus fere Bacon Maj. I 234.  c c1212 ~cies viginti acras Ch. Chester 351; 1226 [for 133] secties xx et xiij [pounds of glue] Cal. Liberate 5; 1231 ~ties xx quercus Cl 5; rex ‥ ~ies viginti ex eis interfecit M. Par. Maj. I 434; 1265 circiter ~ties viginti homines Cl 121; quod habeant trecentas oves ‥ quodlibet centum ~cies viginti ovium FormA 55.