quadrans
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of quadrans
From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part
Example Sentences
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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 Monnier, Marc
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
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 Smollett, T. (Tobias)
Nummus Aureus Anglicè Guinea, aureum etiam Dimidium ejus et Triens; Nummus argenteus solidos quinque Anglicos valans, solidus dimidium solidi, et quarta pars; nummus Aeranus denarios duos Anglicos valens; denarius obolus; et quadrans.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir
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
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