tremissis

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[trih-mis-is] / trɪˈmɪs ɪs /

noun

• tremisses
  plural

1. Also called triens.  a gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, the third part of a solidus, first issued in the 3rd century a.d.

2. a Merovingian gold coin imitating this.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• tremisses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tremissis

1700–10; < Late Latin trēmissis, equivalent to Latin trē ( s ) three + -missis as in sēmissis, Late Latin form of Latin sēmis semis (falsely analyzed as sē- + -missis )

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tremisses

The Solidus is of two kinds; one contains two tremisses, that is, a beeve of twelve months, or a sheep with its lamb; the other, three tremisses, or a beeve of sixteen months.

From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Tacitus, Cornelius