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‖ denarius|dɪˈnɛərɪəs|
Pl. denarii |-ɪaɪ|.
[L., for dēnārius nūmus denary coin, coin containing ten (asses), f. dēni every ten, ten by ten: see -ary1.]
1. An ancient Roman silver coin, originally of the value of ten asses.
1579North Plutarch (1612) 862 (Stanf.), Eleuen Myriades of their Denarij. 1645Evelyn Diary (1850) I. 182 (ibid.), Ten asses make the Roman denarius. 1788Priestley Lect. Hist. iii. xv. (R.), In the early times of Rome, the price of a sheep was a denarius, or eight pence. 1840Arnold Hist. Rome II. 534 The silver coinage [of Rome] was first introduced in the year 485; and the coins struck were denarii, quinarii, and sestertii. 1877C. Geikie Christ liv. (1879) 650 When they came..who were hired at the eleventh hour, they received each a denarius.
2. A gold coin (denarius aureus) of the ancient Roman empire, worth 25 silver denarii.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 8 The fourth part of a golden denarius. 1817Colebrooke Algebra lxxxiv, We read in Roman authors of golden as well as silver denarii.
3. The weight of the silver denarius used as a measure of weight, nearly equivalent to the Greek drachma.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxxi. (1495) 940 Scrupulus that is the eyghtenthe Huolus is callyd Denarius and is acountyd for ten pans. 1771Raper in Phil. Trans. LXI. 492 The Romans did not use the Denarius for a weight..till the Greek physicians..prescribed by it, as they had been accustomed to do by the Drachm in their own country.
¶ In English monetary reckoning used for ‘penny’, and abbreviated d.; see D III. 1. |