Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An ancient Roman silver coin.
- n. An ancient Roman gold coin valued at 25 silver denarii.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The principal silver coin of the Ro-mans under the republic and the empire. It was first minted in 269 or 268 b. c., when it weighed 72 grains; the weight was shortly afterward re-duced to 60 grains troy. The obverse bore the helmeted head of Roma and the mark of value, X—that is, ten asses; the reverse, Castor and Pollux. Other mythological and historical types were substituted under the later republic. The denarii of the empire bore the emperors' heads. About a. d. 215 the denarius was so debased that it contained only about 40 per cent of pure silver, and it began to be supplanted about that time by the argenteus. In a. d. 296 Diocletian applied the name denarius to a copper coin issued by him. The value of the denarius under the republic and the earlier empire was about 17 cents. The denarius of Tiberius (see cut on preceding page) is the penny of the New Testament (authorized version of 1611).
- n. A Roman weight, the 86th or 94th of a Roman pound.
- n. In English monetary reckoning, a penny, represented by the abbreviation d., the penny having been originally, like the Roman denarius, the largest silver coin: as, 6s. 8d. (six shillings and eight pence).
Wiktionary
- n. A small silver coin issued during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the “penny” of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally
ten of the pieces called as.
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Latin dēnārius; see denary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The decad, or denarius, indicated comprehensively all being, material and immaterial, in the utmost perfection: hence the term _decas_, or _denarius_, was used summarily for the whole science of numbers, as in the title of Meursius's tract _De”
““Dínár,” from the Latin denarius (a silver coin worth ten ounces of brass) through the Greek {Greek Letters}: it is a”
““Mr. Ambassador,” Data said, “the denarius was an ancient Roman coin which went out of use long before the twentieth century.””
“The denarius was the South German equivalent of the North”
“: A denarius was a coin anciently equal to ten sesterces, and bearing the king's image.”
“The type of coin, known as a denarius, was first struck in Rome in 211 BC, making the Hallaton coin a very early version, the council said.”
“After all, a denarius is a daily wage, and a subsistence wage at that.”
“two coins': at the time, a denarius was a silver coin, and a Roman foot soldier would earn one a day.”
“One of the most valuable exhibits is the "silver treasure of Podebrady" (central Bohemia), comprising some 1400 "denarius" silver coins, the oldest currency unit in the Czech Lands from the 10th century.”
“I do not complain," his friend continued, "of the amount of the tax-a denarius is a trifle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘denarius’.
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Money
This started out as a Scrabble list, so I'm personally limiting myself to listing words which are acceptable in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, but go ahead and list whatever you can find...
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Coined
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
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Filthy Stinking Rich
Monetary units and other words that mean money. Other financial words are allowed too, as long as they're principally about money. Get it, principally? I kill me.
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numismatics
Coinage and currency, especially traditional, historical and exotic.
florin, ducat, groat, écu, stiver, drachm, denarius, sestertius, talent, obol, farthing, shilling and 27 more...
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paying your way
coins, paper, cards and more
penny, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, nickel, coin, shekel, wampum, simolian, fen and 32 more...
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john "When the original treaty calling for “ever-closer union�? was signed in Rome in 1957, global currencies were tied to the dollar, which was linked to gold. Dreams of a common European money, harkening back to the days of the Roman Empire’s silver denarius, seemed impossible."
The New York Times, Once an Impossible Dream, the Euro Reigns Supreme, by Carter Dougherty and Mark Landler, June 3, 2008 Jun 2, 2008