aes

American  

[eez] / iz /

noun

1. any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.

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Etymology

Origin of aes

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

Example Sentences

The NSA decrypts 256bit aes encryption all the time, it takes a few days with massvely parallel clusters but, it can be done in a reasonable amount of time.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2016

And so these images of him would have their effect on the aes thetic of the happening in the '60s, as on avant-garde dance in the '70s.

From Time Magazine Archive

These equites equo privato had no vote in the centuries, received pay in place of the aes equestre, and did not form a distinct corps.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Of a plural an or a,! of such a word as ans or aes!

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

As is known, the Latin aes, like the Gothic aiz, means both copper and bronze.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.