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sestertium

/se-stur-shee-uhm, -shuhm/US // sɛˈstɜr ʃi əm, -ʃəm //UK // (sɛˈstɜːtɪəm) //

价值连城,价值链

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Examples

  • Una se cena centies sestertium absumpturam aliquando dixerat.

  • Cujum (as in cujum pecus) and sestertium are Latin instances of a nominative case being evolved from an oblique one.

  • Cujus (as in cujum pecus) and sestertium are Latin instances of a nominative case being evolved from an oblique one.

  • The phrase is “Decies sestertium,” which is a short way of expressing “ten times a hundred thousand sesterces.”

  • Upon examining the state of his affairs, he found that there remained no more of his estate than centies sestertium, 80,729l. 3s.