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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Bes

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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

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BES. Eight-twelfths, or two-thirds of anything; as, for instance, one of the fractional parts of the As; but not used in actual coinage as a piece of money. Varro, L. L. v. 172.

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