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denarius
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DENARIUS
De *na "ri *us, n.; pl. Denarii. Etym: [L. See 2d Denier. ]
Defn: A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny " of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.
New American Oxford Dictionary
denarius
de nar i us |diˈne (ə )rēəs dəˈnɛriəs | ▶noun ( pl. denarii |-ˈne (ə )rēˌī | ) an ancient Roman silver coin, originally worth ten asses. • a unit of weight equal to that of a silver denarius. • an ancient Roman gold coin worth 25 silver denarii. ORIGIN late Middle English: Latin, literally ‘containing ten, ’ from the phrase denarius nummus ‘coin worth ten asses ’ (see as 2 ), from deni ‘in tens, ’ from decem ‘ten. ’
Oxford Dictionary
denarius
denarius |dɪˈnɛːrɪəs, dɪˈnɑːrɪəs | ▶noun ( pl. denarii |-rɪʌɪ, -rɪiː | ) an ancient Roman silver coin, originally worth ten asses. • a unit of weight equal to that of a silver denarius. • an ancient Roman gold coin worth 25 silver denarii. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘containing ten ’, from the phrase denarius nummus ‘coin worth ten asses ’ (see as 2 ), from deni ‘in tens ’, from decem ‘ten ’.
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