solidus
noun
a gold coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine and continued in the Byzantine Empire; bezant.
solidi
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pluralof solidus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is the custom of the Christians of Rome and Gaul to send holy men to the Franks and other nations, with many thousand solidi, to redeem baptized captives.
From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by James O'Leary
“It contains thirty solidi, the full value you can claim for Eros, he of whom I speak,” she continued, seeing that Gaius did not put forth his hand to receive the bag.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by William Henry Giles Kingston
Here is my appointment as architect of all the aqueducts in Italy; fifty gold solidi yearly, and ten more for every new undertaking.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn
Justinian ordered that when gifts exceeded five hundred solidi, a formal act stating the particulars of the donation should be inscribed in a public register.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
The magnates of the city and Andreaccio treated with the pilot for its purchase, and paid 200 Roman solidi for the shrine, and 100 for a gemmed crown above it.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
