sestertiumn.

/sɛˈstəːʃɪəm/

Forms: Plural sestertia /-ʃɪə/; also 1500s sex-, -cia, -tiaes, 1600s -tias.

Etymology: Latin, usually explained as the genitive plural sestertium of sestertius sesterce n. (with ellipsis of mīlle a thousand), taken as neuter singular.The use of the singular in the sense ‘1000 sesterces’, which must on this view have existed, does not appear to be found in the classics; the plural for ‘thousands of sesterces’ was common. On the other hand, the genitive plural sestertium, after decies ten times, centies a hundred times, was used with ellipsis of centena millia (= 100,000), and when so used was sometimes treated as a neuter singular.

A sum of a thousand sesterces.

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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > miscellaneous currencies

sestertium1541

quent1555

conto1601

crore1625

purse1677

sesterce1693

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxx. f. 71^v Euery Sestertium (which in englysh money of olde grotes..amounteth to .iiii. li .xvi. s. viii. d.).

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 27^v Plinie saieth, that the conueighaunce of this water [sc. Aqua Claudia] did cost .555. thousande sextertia..the summe amounteth to .vii. millions and .viii. hundred thousand poundes of our money.

1598 F. Meres Palladis Tamia ii. 284 b Octauia..gaue him [sc. Virgil] for making 26 verses, 1137 pounds, to wit, tenne Sestertiaes for euerie verse.

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. i. 183 Sat. There is a Gentleman of Rome would buy..A Tribunes place, my Lord. Sei. What will he giue? Sat. Fiftie Sestertia.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives V. 89 They thought it best, therefore, jointly to deposit five hundred sestertia each.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. iii. 63 ‘I will play no more,’ said Glaucus, ‘I have lost thirty sestertia.’

1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 875 Up to the time of Augustus..the sestertium = £8. 17. 1; after the reign of Augustus the sestertium = £7. 16. 3.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sestertium
释义	sestertiumn. /sɛˈstəːʃɪəm/ Forms: Plural sestertia /-ʃɪə/; also 1500s sex-, -cia, -tiaes, 1600s -tias. Etymology: Latin, usually explained as the genitive plural sestertium of sestertius sesterce n. (with ellipsis of mīlle a thousand), taken as neuter singular.The use of the singular in the sense ‘1000 sesterces’, which must on this view have existed, does not appear to be found in the classics; the plural for ‘thousands of sesterces’ was common. On the other hand, the genitive plural sestertium, after decies ten times, centies a hundred times, was used with ellipsis of centena millia (= 100,000), and when so used was sometimes treated as a neuter singular. A sum of a thousand sesterces. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > miscellaneous currencies sestertium1541 quent1555 conto1601 crore1625 purse1677 sesterce1693 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxx. f. 71^v Euery Sestertium (which in englysh money of olde grotes..amounteth to .iiii. li .xvi. s. viii. d.). 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 27^v Plinie saieth, that the conueighaunce of this water [sc. Aqua Claudia] did cost .555. thousande sextertia..the summe amounteth to .vii. millions and .viii. hundred thousand poundes of our money. 1598 F. Meres Palladis Tamia ii. 284 b Octauia..gaue him [sc. Virgil] for making 26 verses, 1137 pounds, to wit, tenne Sestertiaes for euerie verse. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. i. 183 Sat. There is a Gentleman of Rome would buy..A Tribunes place, my Lord. Sei. What will he giue? Sat. Fiftie Sestertia. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives V. 89 They thought it best, therefore, jointly to deposit five hundred sestertia each. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. iii. 63 ‘I will play no more,’ said Glaucus, ‘I have lost thirty sestertia.’ 1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 875 Up to the time of Augustus..the sestertium = £8. 17. 1; after the reign of Augustus the sestertium = £7. 16. 3. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1541
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