quadrans
Americannoun
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quadrantes
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of quadrans
From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part
Example Sentences
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"You need not give that much; we can bathe for a quadrans, and, since you mention it, we shall all be better for a bath."
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
In the public baths, where money was taken, each person paid a quadrans, about the value of our halfpenny, as Juvenal observes, Caedere Sylvano porcum, quadrante lavari.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
The price of admission was a quadrans, and the quadrans was the fourth part of an as; the latter, in Cicero's time, was worth about one cent and two mills.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
Lepta are very small, brass, Jewish coins worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
From The World English Bible (WEB): by Anonymous
A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
From The World English Bible (WEB): Luke by Anonymous
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