quadrans

American  

[kwod-ranz] / ˈkwɒd rænz /

noun

• quadrantes
  plural

1. a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• quadrantes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

Example Sentences

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quadrans

"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

We even know the price which was paid for being ferried across the Velabrum: "it was a quadrans, three times as much as one pays now for the boat at the Ripetta."

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.

From The World English Bible (WEB): Mark by Anonymous

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