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

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Etymology

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

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Example Sentences

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quadrans

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

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

"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

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 coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.

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

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