sescuple, a. Now rare.
(ˈsɛskjuːp(ə)l)
[ad. L. sescuplus or sescuplex, var. sesquiplus, -plex, f. sesqui- sesqui- + -plus, -plex -fold.]
= sesquialter a.
| 1694 W. Wotton Anc. & Mod. Learn. (1697) 100, 9 is in a Sescuple Proportion to 6. 1774 Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 13 Rhythmus is either even, as in the dactyl, which has one long syllable equal to two short ones,..or it is sescuple, as in the pæon, composed of one long syllable and three short ones. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 369 Superparticular ratio..: its varieties are sescuple or sesquialter, sesquitertius, sesquiquartus, &c. |