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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Etymology

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

Example Sentences

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

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)

"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 White, Edward Lucas

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 Hare, Augustus J. C.

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