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sestertium

American

[se-stur-shee-uhm, -shuhm] / sɛˈstɜr ʃi əm, -ʃəm /

noun

plural

sestertia

a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.

sestertium British

/ sɛˈstɜːtɪəm /

noun

an ancient Roman money of account equal to 1000 sesterces

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Etymology

Origin of sestertium

1530–40; < Latin sēstertium genitive plural of sēstertius sesterce, taken as neuter singular

Example Sentences

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Aspice Regulum, qui ex paupere et tenui ad tantas opes per flagitia processit, ut ipse mihi dixerit, cum consuleret, quam cito sestertium sexcennies impleturus esset, invenisse se exta duplicata, quibus portendi millies et ducenties habiturum.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

Reprehendebat divites is, cujus facultates erant ter millies sestertium: quique luxum aliorum damnabat quingentes tripodas habuit de ligno cedrino, pedibus eburneis, similes & pares inter se, in quibus cœnabat.

From The Scribleriad and The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue by Anonymous

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