aes

[ eez ]

noun

1. any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as ²( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of aes¹

< Latin: copper, bronze, money made from them, money in general; ore

Example Sentences

In 1981 Roger co-founded AES, which evolved into a Fortune 500 global energy company with assets of $34 billion.

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Hs autem rbus patrimnium effdit tantumque cnflvit aes alinum, ut ipse dceret sibi8 opus esse mllis sstertium, ut habret nihil.

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The inhabitants of earth call us Aes-shee, for we have our dwellings within large, pleasant, green hills.

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My armour is the aes triplex of a clear conscience, and a mind nourished by the precepts of philosophy.

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In later times, pay was substituted for the aes hordearium, three times as much as that of the infantry.

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Later Aes cyprium was the special designation, which was finally shortened to cyprium, as indicated above.

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