sestertium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin sēstertium. === Noun === sestertium (plural sestertia) (historical) A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii. == Latin == === Noun === sēstertium n (genitive sēstertiī or sēstertī); second declension alternative form of sēstertius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Noun === sēstertium inflection of sēstertius: accusative singular genitive plural ==== Usage notes ==== The genitive plural sense is only used when meaning hundred thousands of sesterces, and when preceded by a numeral adverb. === References === “sestertium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sestertium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “sestertium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin