单词 | triens |
释义 | triensn. The third part of anything; spec. in Roman History a copper coin worth one-third of the as; also in later times, a gold coin, one-third of the aureus: cf. trient n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman pennyOE quadrant1533 as1541 sesterce1541 sestertius1567 dupondius1601 quinare1601 quinarius1601 sextant1601 triens1601 trient1601 assarion1625 quadrans1654 quinary1728 nummus1771 follis1784 uncia1834 minimus1852 semis1853 siliqua1889 minim1896 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. xiii. 513 The Servilij..have among them a certaine peece of brasse coine called a Triens (i. the third part of a Romane Asse) which they doe keepe and feed with silver and gold... I will set downe..the verie words of old Messala: The house (quoth he) of the Servilij hath a certaine sacred Trient. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 285 Triens is the Third part of a physical Pound. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Triens (Lat.), the third part of the Roman Pound, or Coin call'd As, weighing four Ounces: Or the third of any entire Thing divisible into twelve Parts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1601 |
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