SESTERTIUM


Meaning of SESTERTIUM in English

/se sterr"shee euhm, -sheuhm/ , n. , pl. sestertia /-shee euh, -sheuh/ .

a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.

[ 1530-40; sestertium gen. pl. of sestertius SESTERCE, taken as neut. sing. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .