See sestertius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "sesterce",
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"g": "m"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ French: sesterce m"
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "sesterzio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: sesterzio m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: sesterzio m"
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "sestércio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: sestércio m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: sestércio m"
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "sestercio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: sestercio m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: sestercio m"
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{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "сестерция",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Bulgarian: сестерция f (sestercija)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Bulgarian: сестерция f (sestercija)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sestertie",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Dutch: sestertie f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Dutch: sestertie f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Sesterze",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ German: Sesterze f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ German: Sesterze f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "sestercja",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Polish: sestercja f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Polish: sestercja f"
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{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "en",
"2": "sestertius",
"3": "sestertium",
"bor": "1",
"bor2": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: sestertius, → sestertium",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: sestertius, → sestertium"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "sesterco",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: sesterco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: sesterco"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "sestertius",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: sestertius",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: sestertius"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Sesterz",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Sesterz m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Sesterz m"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "セステルティウス",
"bor": "1",
"sc": "Jpan",
"tr": "sesuterutiusu"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: セステルティウス (sesuterutiusu)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Japanese: セステルティウス (sesuterutiusu)"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "sesterț",
"3": "sesterțiu",
"bor": "1",
"bor2": "1",
"g1": "n",
"g2": "n"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: sesterț n, → sesterțiu n",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: sesterț n, → sesterțiu n"
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"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "сестерций",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: сестерций m (sestercij)"
}
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"form": "sēstertius",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertius",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "sēstertium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"ablative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
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"lang_code": "la",
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"_dis": "43 41 14 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "38 38 22 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "93 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Coins",
"orig": "la:Coins",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "92 8",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "la",
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"sesterce (small coin worth 2 and a half asses, later 4 asses)"
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"sesterce"
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"asses",
"as#Latin"
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"kind": "other",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"two and a half (only in certain phrases)"
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[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"half",
"half"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[seːsˈtɛr.ti.ʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sesˈt̪ɛr.t̪͡s̪i.us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nummus"
}
],
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"la:sestertius"
],
"word": "sestertius"
}
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"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Coins",
"la:Currencies"
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "sesterci",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: sesterci m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: sesterci m"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sesterce",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: sesterce",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: sesterce"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "sesterce",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ French: sesterce m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: sesterce m"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "sesterzio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: sesterzio m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: sesterzio m"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "sestércio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: sestércio m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: sestércio m"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "sestercio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: sestercio m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: sestercio m"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "сестерция",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Bulgarian: сестерция f (sestercija)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Bulgarian: сестерция f (sestercija)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sestertie",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Dutch: sestertie f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Dutch: sestertie f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Sesterze",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ German: Sesterze f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ German: Sesterze f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "sestercja",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Polish: sestercja f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Polish: sestercja f"
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{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
},
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "en",
"2": "sestertius",
"3": "sestertium",
"bor": "1",
"bor2": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: sestertius, → sestertium",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: sestertius, → sestertium"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "sesterco",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: sesterco",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: sesterco"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "sestertius",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: sestertius",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: sestertius"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Sesterz",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Sesterz m",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Sesterz m"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "セステルティウス",
"bor": "1",
"sc": "Jpan",
"tr": "sesuterutiusu"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese: セステルティウス (sesuterutiusu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: セステルティウス (sesuterutiusu)"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "sesterț",
"3": "sesterțiu",
"bor": "1",
"bor2": "1",
"g1": "n",
"g2": "n"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: sesterț n, → sesterțiu n",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: sesterț n, → sesterțiu n"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "сестерций",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: сестерций m (sestercij)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: сестерций m (sestercij)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), due to its value in asses.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sēstertius",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertius",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
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"alternative"
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}
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"name": "la-noun"
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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"sesterce (small coin worth 2 and a half asses, later 4 asses)"
],
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"sesterce"
],
[
"asses",
"as#Latin"
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],
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"two",
"two"
],
[
"half",
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]
],
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"declension-2"
]
}
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sesˈt̪ɛr.t̪͡s̪i.us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"word": "nummus"
}
],
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"la:sestertius"
],
"word": "sestertius"
}
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