bessalis

== Latin == === Etymology === From bes (two-thirds) +‎ -ālis (suffix that forms adjectives of relationship). Two-thirds of a Roman foot would have been 8 unciae. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛsˈsaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [besˈsaː.lis] === Adjective === bessālis (neuter bessāle); third-declension two-termination adjective comprising two-thirds (of a thing) eight unciae, a unit of length, weight, and volume used by the ancient Romans. (metonymic) anything of little value ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Alternative forms ==== besālis ==== Descendants ==== Sicilian: bisolu (“slab; threshold”) Ancient Greek: βήσσαλον (bḗssalon, “brick”) → Greek: βότσαλο (vótsalo, “pebble”) === References === “bessalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bessalis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.