quadrans
[kwod-ranz]
- a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.
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Origin of quadrans
From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part
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Examples from the Web for quadrans
Historical Examples
As for the price exacted, it ranged from a quadrans to a very high figure.
The Satyricon, CompletePetronius Arbiter
He made his pile from an as, and would pick a quadrans out of a dunghill with his teeth, any old time.
The Satyricon, CompletePetronius Arbiter
Quadrans, kwod′ranz, n. a Roman copper coin, the fourth part of the as:—pl.
It was two of these that the widow cast into the treasury, Mark 12:42, where it is said that two of them equaled a quadrans.
Archology and the BibleGeorge A. Barton
Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.