pentecontalitronn.

Brit.

/ˌpɛntᵻkɒntəˈliːtrɒn/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɛn(t)əˌkɑn(t)əˈliˌtrɑn/

Inflections: Plural pentekontalitra, pentekontalitres.

Forms: 1700s– pentekontalitron, 1800s pentekontalitre.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πεντηκοντάλιτρον.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πεντηκοντάλιτρον, use as noun of neuter of πεντηκοντάλιτρος of fifty litrae < ancient Greek πεντήκοντα fifty (see pentecontarch n.) + λίτρα silver coin of Sicily, also measure of weight (see litre n.¹).

A large gold coin or medallion of ancient Sicily, worth fifty litrae or ten drachmas.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins

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ducatc1470

ouncec1520

bajoccoa1549

denara1549

julioa1549

zecchino1572

chequina1587

mocenigo1599

soldo1599

quattrino1605

gazet1607

lira1617

paolo1617

sequin1617

julet1632

betso1641

quadruple1655

scudoc1660

doppy1691

Venetian1698

carlin?1706

pentecontalitron1738

paul1767

crazia1805

centesimo1840

1738 Universal Hist. III. i. 545 This crown Gelon turned into money, and coined pieces,..each of them being worth ten Attic drachmas. The Sicilians gave them the name of Pentekontalitra, from their being fifty pounds in weight.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §132 The costly master-pieces of Sicilian engravers, the great Syracusan pentekontalitres [Ger. Pentekontalitren] at the head.

1911 B. V. Head Historia Numorum (new ed.) 172 From the proceeds..were struck, circ. b.c. 479, the celebrated Syracusan medallions, or properly speaking Pentekontalitra.

1946 C. H. Oldfather Diodorus of Sicily IV. 193 This was worth ten Attic drachmas and was called by the Sicilian Greeks, according to its weight, a pentekontalitron.

1986 J. M. Jones Dict. Anc. Greek Coins 133 The coin of Syracuse which we usually call a decadrachm was also a fifty-litra piece, or pentekontalitron.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentecontalitron
释义	pentecontalitronn. Brit. /ˌpɛntᵻkɒntəˈliːtrɒn/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛn(t)əˌkɑn(t)əˈliˌtrɑn/ Inflections: Plural pentekontalitra, pentekontalitres. Forms: 1700s– pentekontalitron, 1800s pentekontalitre. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πεντηκοντάλιτρον. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πεντηκοντάλιτρον, use as noun of neuter of πεντηκοντάλιτρος of fifty litrae < ancient Greek πεντήκοντα fifty (see pentecontarch n.) + λίτρα silver coin of Sicily, also measure of weight (see litre n.¹). A large gold coin or medallion of ancient Sicily, worth fifty litrae or ten drachmas. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins florin1303 janec1386 ducatc1470 ouncec1520 bajoccoa1549 denara1549 julioa1549 zecchino1572 chequina1587 mocenigo1599 soldo1599 quattrino1605 gazet1607 lira1617 paolo1617 sequin1617 julet1632 betso1641 quadruple1655 scudoc1660 doppy1691 Venetian1698 carlin?1706 pentecontalitron1738 paul1767 crazia1805 centesimo1840 1738 Universal Hist. III. i. 545 This crown Gelon turned into money, and coined pieces,..each of them being worth ten Attic drachmas. The Sicilians gave them the name of Pentekontalitra, from their being fifty pounds in weight. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §132 The costly master-pieces of Sicilian engravers, the great Syracusan pentekontalitres [Ger. Pentekontalitren] at the head. 1911 B. V. Head Historia Numorum (new ed.) 172 From the proceeds..were struck, circ. b.c. 479, the celebrated Syracusan medallions, or properly speaking Pentekontalitra. 1946 C. H. Oldfather Diodorus of Sicily IV. 193 This was worth ten Attic drachmas and was called by the Sicilian Greeks, according to its weight, a pentekontalitron. 1986 J. M. Jones Dict. Anc. Greek Coins 133 The coin of Syracuse which we usually call a decadrachm was also a fifty-litra piece, or pentekontalitron. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738
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