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sestertium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ses-ter-tium
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.

Etymology

From Latin sēstertium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sestertia (plural)

Questions

What does sestertium mean?
A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.
Where does sestertium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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