denariusn.

/dɪˈnɛːrɪəs/

Forms: Plural denarii /-ɪaɪ/.

Etymology: Latin, for dēnārius nūmus denary coin, coin containing ten (asses), < dēni every ten, ten by ten: see -ary suffix¹.

1. An ancient Roman silver coin, originally of the value of ten asses.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > silver denarius

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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 616 Eleuen Myriades of their Denarij.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 398 10 Asses make the Roman Denarius.

1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xv. 129 In the early times of Rome..the price of a sheep a denarius, or eight-pence.

1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 534 The silver coinage [of Rome] was first introduced in the year 485; and the coins struck were denarii, quinarii, and sestertii.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. liv. 379 When they came..who were hired at the eleventh hour, they received each a denarius.

2. A gold coin (denarius aureus) of the ancient Roman empire, worth 25 silver denarii.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > gold coins

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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 8 The fourth part of a golden denarius.

1817 H. T. Colebrooke Algebra Notes & Illustr. p. lxxxiv We read in Roman authors of golden as well as silver denarii.

3. The weight of the silver denarius used as a measure of weight, nearly equivalent to the Greek drachma.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pennyweight

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weight1890

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxx. 1384 Dragma is þe eighteþe part of an vncia, and weyeþ þre pans of siluer scrupulus, þat is eightene huoles. Is ycleped denarius and is acounted ten pans.

1771 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 492 The Romans did not use the Denarius for a weight..till the Greek physicians..prescribed by it, as they had been accustomed to do by the Drachm in their own country.

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4. In English monetary reckoning used for ‘penny’, and abbreviated d.; see Initialisms 1.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	denarius
释义	denariusn. /dɪˈnɛːrɪəs/ Forms: Plural denarii /-ɪaɪ/. Etymology: Latin, for dēnārius nūmus denary coin, coin containing ten (asses), < dēni every ten, ten by ten: see -ary suffix¹. 1. An ancient Roman silver coin, originally of the value of ten asses. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > silver denarius denaryc1449 groat1526 denarius1579 denier1598 denar1701 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 616 Eleuen Myriades of their Denarij. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 398 10 Asses make the Roman Denarius. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xv. 129 In the early times of Rome..the price of a sheep a denarius, or eight-pence. 1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 534 The silver coinage [of Rome] was first introduced in the year 485; and the coins struck were denarii, quinarii, and sestertii. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. liv. 379 When they came..who were hired at the eleventh hour, they received each a denarius. 2. A gold coin (denarius aureus) of the ancient Roman empire, worth 25 silver denarii. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > gold coins aureus1609 solidus1609 denarius1661 tremissis1706 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 8 The fourth part of a golden denarius. 1817 H. T. Colebrooke Algebra Notes & Illustr. p. lxxxiv We read in Roman authors of golden as well as silver denarii. 3. The weight of the silver denarius used as a measure of weight, nearly equivalent to the Greek drachma. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > pennyweight pennyeOE denariusa1398 pennyweighta1398 sterling1474 denier1601 Easterling1614 weight1890 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxx. 1384 Dragma is þe eighteþe part of an vncia, and weyeþ þre pans of siluer scrupulus, þat is eightene huoles. Is ycleped denarius and is acounted ten pans. 1771 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 492 The Romans did not use the Denarius for a weight..till the Greek physicians..prescribed by it, as they had been accustomed to do by the Drachm in their own country. Categories » 4. In English monetary reckoning used for ‘penny’, and abbreviated d.; see Initialisms 1. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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