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aes

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noun

any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.Compare as² (def. 1).

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Origin of aes

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

Words nearby aes

aerotrain, aerotropism, aeruginous, aerugo, aery, aes, Aeschines, Aeschylus, Aesculapian, Aesculapius, Aesir

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How to use aes in a sentence

In 1981 Roger co-founded AES, which evolved into a Fortune 500 global energy company with assets of $34 billion.
Washington's Richest Power Players|Sandra McElwaine|May 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Hs autem rbus patrimnium effdit tantumque cnflvit aes alinum, ut ipse dceret sibi8 opus esse mllis sstertium, ut habret nihil.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
The inhabitants of earth call us Aes-shee, for we have our dwellings within large, pleasant, green hills.
Old Celtic Romances|Unknown
My armour is the aes triplex of a clear conscience, and a mind nourished by the precepts of philosophy.
Romola|George Eliot

In later times, pay was substituted for the aes hordearium, three times as much as that of the infantry.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various
Later Aes cyprium was the special designation, which was finally shortened to cyprium, as indicated above.
Birds and all Nature Vol VII, No. 3, March 1900|Various