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quadrans

[ kwod-ranz ]

/ ˈkwɒd rænz /

noun, plural quad·ran·tes [kwo-dran-teez] /kwɒˈdræn tiz/.

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

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Words nearby quadrans

quadragenarian, quadragesima, quadragesimal, quadrangle, quadrangular, quadrans, quadrant, quadrantal corrector, quadrantic hemianopsia, quadrantid, quadrantids

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

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Example sentences from the Web for quadrans

As for the price exacted, it ranged from a quadrans to a very high figure.
The Satyricon, Complete|Petronius 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, Complete|Petronius Arbiter
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 Bible|George A. Barton
Quadrans, kwod′ranz, n. a Roman copper coin, the fourth part of the as:—pl.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
The World English Bible (WEB), The Old Testament, Complete|Various

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