sestertium
noun
a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
sestertia
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pluralof sestertium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And it was to conciliate him that I lost to him twenty sestertia and a well-favored slave.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
Fifteen purses of a hundred sestertia each; a large sum, but the larger the better, since I had my armor bearer in my mind, and felt certain to win.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
I will find people this very day, and tell them that for each day of the life of Glaucus I will withhold one hundred sestertia.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
But this thought was not disagreeable; for Chilo understood that in that event he would be necessary again to Vinicius, and could squeeze afresh a goodly number of sestertia from the tribune.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
O gods! that Lygian, if he is a man, might make millions of sestertia in the course of one year; for if he choked Croton, like a whelp, who can resist him?
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
