The archdeacon received the customary eighteen denarii, out of which, however, he had to pay the soloists who sang the responsories each of the other singers received a coin of the value of four denarii pro beneficio solemnitatis. One aureus was worth 25 silver denarii, meaning the average solder was paid 300 denarii per year in wages.īut Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”Ĭharlie Rangel (D, NY-15) is a Gnostic Cainite! | RedState The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability The usual plural is denarii, but denariuses is also well attested. Honorius of Autun states in a general way that the hosts were in the form of ' denarii'. avoirdupois.This spikenard was of great worth, as much as three hundred denarii, which is what a poor man earns by his labor over many a month, even a year. The iūgerum, or unit of measure of land, was an area of 240 (Roman) feet long and 120 broad a little less than 2/3 of an English acre.ġ2 unciae ( ounces) = one pound ( libra, about 3/4 lb. The Roman mile was equal to 4850 English feet. The Roman Measures of Length are the following.ġ2 inches ( unciae) = 1 Roman Foot ( pēs: 11.65 English inches). In the statement of sums of money in Roman numerals, a line above the number indicates thousands lines above and at the sides also, hundred-thousands. and (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. for a denarius, (dnariou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 1220: A denarius, a small Roman silver coin. In the statement of large sums sēstertium is often omitted as well as centēna mīlia. Also plural irregular neuter sita of uncertain derivation grain, especially wheat. Sēstertium in this combination may also be inflected: deciēns sēstertiī, sēstertiō, etc. When sēstertium is combined with a numeral adverb, centēna mīlia ( hundreds of thousands) is to be understood: thus deciēns sēstertium ( deciēns HS) = deciēns centēna mīlia sēstertium = $50,000. The sēstertium (probably originally the Genitive plural of sēstertius depending on mīlle) was a sum of money, not a coin the word is inflected regularly as a neuter noun: thus, tria sēstertia = $150.00. The abbreviation HS or HS = duo et sēmis ( two and a half).Ħ34. Note- The word sēstertius is a shortened form of sēmis-tertius, ( the third one, a half). The approximate value of these coins is seen in the following table. Gold was introduced later, the aureus being equal to 100 sesterces. As the reduction of the standard went on, the sestertius became equivalent to 4 asses. Hence, the Sestertius (usually abbreviated to HS or HS) came to be used as the unit of value, and nummus ( coin) often means simply sēstertius. The Sestertius was probably introduced at a time when the as had been so far reduced that the value of the new coin (2 1/2 asses) was equivalent to the original value of the as. The denarius = 10 asses the sestertius = 2 1/2 asses.Ħ33. In the same century silver coins were introduced-the dēnārius and the sēstertius. the as was gradually reduced to one-half of its original value. It was divided into twelve unciae ( ounces). The unit was the as, which was nominally a pound in weight, but actually somewhat less. The money of the Romans was in early times wholly of copper.

Plural of denarius