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sestertius

/se-stur-shuhs, -shee-uhs/US // sɛˈstɜr ʃəs, -ʃi əs //

塞斯提乌斯,塞斯提亚,塞斯蒂尔,塞斯提乌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ses·ter·ti·i [se-stur-hee-ahy]. /sɛˈstɜr hiˌaɪ/.

    • : sesterce.

Examples

  • The best grew in the country of the Sabines, and were worth at Rome a sestertius, or 2d.

  • Though the sestertius, therefore, was originally a silver coin, its value was estimated in copper.

  • Sestertius was a silver coin, stamped on one side with Castor and Pollux, and on the opposite with the city.