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quadrans

[ kwod-ranz ]

/ ˈkwɒd rænz /

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

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

Nearby words

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

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

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Examples 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