Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ancient Roman republican and imperial silver coin, in value half the denarius, or about 8 cents United States money.

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  • noun A small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic, equal to half of a denarius.

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  • Discovered in the region of Grande Sertão Veredas National Park, on the tablelands of the Serra Geral plateau, Stenocercus quinarius is relatively safe within the protected area.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • Their Latinized names refer to their morphology: quinarius in allusion to the five well-marked dorsal crests, and squarrosus in reference to the stiff, erected scales of the entire body.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • It was followed by the minor denominations, the quinarius (1/2 denarius) and sestertius (1/4 denarius).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • The species, Stenocercus squarrosus and Stenocercus quinarius are described in the current issue of the South American Journal of Herpetology.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • The species, Stenocercus squarrosus and Stenocercus quinarius are described in the current issue of the South American Journal of Herpetology.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • The species, Stenocercus squarrosus and Stenocercus quinarius are described in the current issue of the South American Journal of Herpetology.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • Harmonia igitur rc - quiricur: fed & in hac quinarius numerus, uti & in aliis muficae partibusconfpicuuseft*

    Jacobi Tolii Fortuita. In quibus, praeter critica nonnulla: tota fabularis ... Jakob Tollius 1687

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