sestertium

[ se-stur-shee-uhm, -shuhm ]

noun,plural ses·ter·ti·a

[se-stur-shee-uh, -shuh]. /sɛˈstɜr ʃi ə, -ʃə/.

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

Origin of sestertium

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

Words Nearby sestertium

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How to use sestertium in a sentence

Una se cena centies sestertium absumpturam aliquando dixerat.
Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond
Cujum (as in cujum pecus) and sestertium are Latin instances of a nominative case being evolved from an oblique one.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon Latham
Cujus (as in cujum pecus) and sestertium are Latin instances of a nominative case being evolved from an oblique one.
The English Language | Robert Gordon Latham
The phrase is “Decies sestertium,” which is a short way of expressing “ten times a hundred thousand sesterces.”
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV | Aubrey Stewart
Upon examining the state of his affairs, he found that there remained no more of his estate than centies sestertium, 80,729l. 3s.
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete | C. Suetonius Tranquillus

British Dictionary definitions for sestertium

sestertium

/ (sɛˈstɜːtɪəm) /

nounplural -tia (-tɪə)

an ancient Roman money of account equal to 1000 sesterces

Origin of sestertium

C16: from Latin, from the phrase mille sestertium a thousand of sesterces; see sesterce

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