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denarius

denarius · adj

containing ten

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Where it lives

Galba 2 · 7.25/10k
Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
Pro Fonteio 2 · 4.41/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 2 · 3.76/10k
Divus Augustus 4 · 2.98/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
Satyricon 8 · 2.63/10k
In C. Verrem 23 · 2.29/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 4 · 1.87/10k
Naturalis Historia 71 · 1.79/10k

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What it meant

1. dēnārĭus — Lewis & Short

dēnārĭus, a, um, adj.deni,

I containing ten.

I In gen.: numerus digitorum, Vitr. 3, 1: fistula, ten inches in circumference, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; Vitr. 8, 7: DENARIAE caerimoniae dicebantur et TRICENARIAE, quibus sacra adituris decem continuis rebus vel triginta certis quibusdam rebus carendum erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 10.— Freq.,

II Esp. nummus, or absol., de-narius, ii, m. (gen. plur., denarium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; id. Off. 3, 23 fin.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 71 Müll.: denariorum, Cic. Fam. 9, 18 fin.; Suet. Tib. 48).

A A Roman silver coin, which originally contained ten, and afterwards eighteen asses, in value equivalent to an Attic drachma, or about sixteen American cents, Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44; Vitr. 3, 1, 8; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98, 1 Müll.: denarii nummi, Liv. 8, 11 fin.: denarii trecenti, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; so subst., id. ib. 2, 3, 82 sq.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 52; Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194; Mart. 1, 118 et saep.—

B As, an apothecary's weight, = drachma, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Cels. 5, 17; Plin. 30, 7, 19, § 56 et saep.—

C A gold coin of the value of 25 silver denarii, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44 sq.; 34, 7, 17, § 37; cf. Petr. 33, 2.—

D In later times, a copper coin, Vop. Aurel. 9; Macr. S. 1, 7 med.—

E Meton. for money in gen., Cic. Quint. 4 fin.; id. Att. 2, 6 fin.

2. dénarius — Walde–Hofmann

dénarius, -z, -um und -i m. „je zehn enthaltend, Zehnasstück, Denar* (Hey ALL. 9, 206 £.; seit Varro und Cic., rom.); aus dem Lat. stammt gr. bnvàpiov (daraus wieder spütlt. dénürium n., Schwyzer IF. 49, 255; davon bnvaptauóc, woraus denürismus Cod, Theod.), und durch dessen Vermittlung ai. dinärah „eine bestimmte Goldmünze* (vgl. auch osman. dinar ds.). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. dénarius, p. 371]

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. dénarius (scan p. 371; entry #904).

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