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sestertium

sestertium noun: a money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.

Noun

sestertium (plural sestertia)

  1. (historical) A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.

sestertium meaning in Tamil

sestertium in Tamil

பண்டைய ரோமரின் மதிப்புத்தொகை நாணயம்

Forms of sestertium

pluralsestertia

Origin of sestertium

From Latin sēstertium.

Questions about sestertium

What does sestertium mean?
Sestertium means a money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.
What is sestertium in Tamil?
Sestertium in Tamil is பண்டைய ரோமரின் மதிப்புத்தொகை நாணயம். See Sestertium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sestertium?
Sestertium is a noun.
What is the plural of sestertium?
The plural of sestertium is sestertia.

Words near sestertium in the dictionary

  1. sesterterpenoid
  2. sesterterpenoids
  3. sesterterpenyl
  4. sestertia
  5. sestertii
  6. sestertium
  7. sestertius
  8. sestet
  9. sestets
  10. sestett
  11. sestette

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sestertium (page history and authors); sestertium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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