sestertius

n. 古代罗马的货币单位

词形变化

sestertii 复数 sestertii

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).

    历史

词源

From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), in which “third” refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third.

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