aureusn.

/ˈɔːrɪəs/

Forms: Plural aurei /-aɪ/.

Etymology: Latin, substantival use (sc. nummus) of aureus golden, < aurum gold.

1. A Roman gold coin of the late republic and empire, of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii.

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

aureus1609

solidus1609

denarius1661

tremissis1706

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xx. iv. 149 He..promised unto them all throughout five aurei apeece.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 398 As to Coynes & Medails..10 Asses make the Roman Denarius,..10 Denarius's an Aureus.

1895 G. Allen Woman who Did xv. 162 His profile was clear-cut, like Trajan's on an aureus.

1940 Oxoniensia 5 142 The donation of..an aureus of Hadrian, and a siliqua of Gratian.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. X. 127/2 Constantine gave it a last reform, introducing an aureus of gold of 72 to the pound which lasted to the end of the empire.

†2. (See quot.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > drachm or dram > one and a half

aureus1658

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1055 Take Birthwort round and long, each one aureus.

1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Aureus, a weight of a drachm and a half.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	aureus
释义	aureusn. /ˈɔːrɪəs/ Forms: Plural aurei /-aɪ/. Etymology: Latin, substantival use (sc. nummus) of aureus golden, < aurum gold. 1. A Roman gold coin of the late republic and empire, of the value of 25 denarii or 100 sestertii. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman > gold coins aureus1609 solidus1609 denarius1661 tremissis1706 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xx. iv. 149 He..promised unto them all throughout five aurei apeece. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 398 As to Coynes & Medails..10 Asses make the Roman Denarius,..10 Denarius's an Aureus. 1895 G. Allen Woman who Did xv. 162 His profile was clear-cut, like Trajan's on an aureus. 1940 Oxoniensia 5 142 The donation of..an aureus of Hadrian, and a siliqua of Gratian. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. X. 127/2 Constantine gave it a last reform, introducing an aureus of gold of 72 to the pound which lasted to the end of the empire. †2. (See quot.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > drachm or dram > one and a half aureus1658 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1055 Take Birthwort round and long, each one aureus. 1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Aureus, a weight of a drachm and a half. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1609
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