subsesquitertius

subsesquitertius [CL sub-+sesquitertius], that is contained exactly one and a third times in a larger number, in the ratio of 1 : 11/3 or 3 : 4 (also as sb. n.). b (of ratio, in quot. mus.) of 3 : 4. Bacon XV 225 (v. subsuperparticularis); ab aliquo gradu ad suum ‥ subsexquitertium Heytesbury Reg. 281; majorato A uniformiter ad sui duplum in hora, tunc in prima mediate majorabitur ad sui sexquialterum et in secunda mediate ad suum sesquitercium, et parvitas econtra in prima medietate diminuetur ad suum ~ium et in secunda ad suum subsesquialterum Wycl. Log. II 118. b minor comparatus ad majorem ‥ ~ia Odington 50; quarum species specialissime sunt infinite, et nominantur ut supra cum addicione termini ‘sub’, ut ‥ ~ia Hothby Prop. 330.

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