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Denarius
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De-na′ri-us
,Noun.
pl.
Denarii
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. [L. See 2d
Denier
.] 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
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denarius
denarius
English
Noun
denarius (plural denarii or denariuses)
- A small silver coin issued during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.
Usage notes
- The usual plural is denarii, but denariuses is also well attested.
Translations
silver coin
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From dēnī (“ten each”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deː.ˈnaː.rɪ.ʊs/
Adjective
dēnārius m (feminine dēnāria, neuter dēnārium); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēnārius | dēnāria | dēnārium | dēnāriī | dēnāriae | dēnāria | |
| genitive | dēnāriī | dēnāriae | dēnāriī | dēnāriōrum | dēnāriārum | dēnāriōrum | |
| dative | dēnāriō | dēnāriō | dēnāriīs | ||||
| accusative | dēnārium | dēnāriam | dēnārium | dēnāriōs | dēnāriās | dēnāria | |
| ablative | dēnāriō | dēnāriā | dēnāriō | dēnāriīs | |||
| vocative | dēnārie | dēnāria | dēnārium | dēnāriī | dēnāriae | dēnāria | |
Noun
dēnārius m (genitive dēnārii); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēnārius | dēnāriī |
| genitive | dēnāriī | dēnāriōrum |
| dative | dēnāriō | dēnāriīs |
| accusative | dēnārium | dēnāriōs |
| ablative | dēnāriō | dēnāriīs |
| vocative | dēnārie | dēnāriī |
Descendants
References
- denarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- denarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DENARIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “denarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
- corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
- denarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- denarius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin