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sesterces

sesterces is the plural of sesterce.

Meaning of sesterce

Noun

sesterce (plural sesterces)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) Synonym of sestertius.
    • Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    sestertius

Questions about sesterces

What is sesterces the plural of?
Sesterces is the plural of sesterce.

Words near sesterces in the dictionary

  1. sesterce
  2. sestercentenaries
  3. sestercentenary
  4. sestercentennial
  5. sestercentennials
  6. sesterces
  7. sesterpenoid
  8. sesterpenoids
  9. sesters
  10. sesterterpanyl
  11. sesterterpene

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