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sestertius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
ses-ter-tius
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sestertii (plural)

Synonyms

sesterce

Questions

What does sestertius mean?
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).
Where does sestertius come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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