See sestertius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "sesterce",
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"expansion": "→ French: sesterce m",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ French: sesterce m"
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "sesterzio",
"bor": "1",
"g": "m"
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"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"
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"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": [
{
"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,
"templates": [
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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)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"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)"
}
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"etymology_text": "From sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), due to its value in asses.",
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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"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "sēstertiōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "sēstertium",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "sēstertiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertium",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "sēstertie",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sēstertiī",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
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"form": "HS",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"1": "sēstertius<2>"
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"name": "la-noun"
}
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"gen_pl": "sēstertiōrum/sēstertium"
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"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 38 16 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 36 23 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "71 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Coins",
"orig": "la:Coins",
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"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "85 15",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Currencies",
"orig": "la:Currencies",
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"Currency",
"Money",
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
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"sesterce (small coin worth 2 and a half asses, later 4 asses)"
],
"id": "en-sestertius-la-noun-gBrflYjV",
"links": [
[
"sesterce",
"sesterce"
],
[
"asses",
"as#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"two and a half (only in certain phrases)"
],
"id": "en-sestertius-la-noun-OmtLTV5S",
"links": [
[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"half",
"half"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/seːsˈter.ti.us/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[s̠eːs̠ˈt̪ɛrt̪iʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sesˈter.t͡si.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[sesˈt̪ɛrt̪͡s̪ius]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nummus"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"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 nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Coins",
"la:Currencies"
],
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{
"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": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "sestercja",
"der": "1",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Polish: sestercja f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Polish: sestercja f"
},
{
"depth": 0,
"templates": [],
"text": ""
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sestertius",
"3": "sestertium",
"bor": "1",
"bor2": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: sestertius, → sestertium",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: sestertius, → sestertium"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"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)"
},
{
"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.",
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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"
]
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "HS",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"1": "sēstertius<2>"
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"name": "la-noun"
}
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"gen_pl": "sēstertiōrum/sēstertium"
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"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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"sesterce (small coin worth 2 and a half asses, later 4 asses)"
],
"links": [
[
"sesterce",
"sesterce"
],
[
"asses",
"as#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
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"two and a half (only in certain phrases)"
],
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[
"two",
"two"
],
[
"half",
"half"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/seːsˈter.ti.us/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[s̠eːs̠ˈt̪ɛrt̪iʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sesˈter.t͡si.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[sesˈt̪ɛrt̪͡s̪ius]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nummus"
}
],
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"la:sestertius"
],
"word": "sestertius"
}
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