Definition of sesterce in English:

sesterce

(also sestertius)

nounPlural sesterces, Plural sestertii ˈsɛstəːsˈsestərs

An ancient Roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius.
塞斯特斯（一种古罗马硬币和货币单位，1迪纳里厄斯等于4塞斯特斯）
Example sentencesExamples
- In ancient Rome, people in the forum were hired for a few sesterces to strut in front of the senate and shout ‘traitor’, ‘liar’, ‘criminal’ at a senator designated by their sponsor.
- On Tiridates, though it would seem hardly within belief, he spent eight hundred thousand sesterces a day, and on his departure presented him with more than a hundred millions.
- Indeed, he returned 6 million sestertii seized from Pompey's legate at Corfinum in the first weeks of the war.
- There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but I would not part with the ring for the world.
- Those were the good old days, the glory days of butchery and brutality, before those millions of sesterces from the east flooded Rome with luxury and indolence.

Origin

From Latin sestertius (nummus) '(coin) that is two and a half (asses)'.

Definition of sesterce in US English:

sesterce

(also sestertius)

nounˈsestərs

An ancient Roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius.
塞斯特斯（一种古罗马硬币和货币单位，1迪纳里厄斯等于4塞斯特斯）
Example sentencesExamples
- Those were the good old days, the glory days of butchery and brutality, before those millions of sesterces from the east flooded Rome with luxury and indolence.
- There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but I would not part with the ring for the world.
- Indeed, he returned 6 million sestertii seized from Pompey's legate at Corfinum in the first weeks of the war.
- On Tiridates, though it would seem hardly within belief, he spent eight hundred thousand sesterces a day, and on his departure presented him with more than a hundred millions.
- In ancient Rome, people in the forum were hired for a few sesterces to strut in front of the senate and shout ‘traitor’, ‘liar’, ‘criminal’ at a senator designated by their sponsor.

Origin

From Latin sestertius (nummus) ‘(coin) that is two and a half (asses)’.

单词	sesterce
释义	Definition of sesterce in English: sesterce (also sestertius) nounPlural sesterces, Plural sestertii ˈsɛstəːsˈsestərs An ancient Roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius. 塞斯特斯（一种古罗马硬币和货币单位，1迪纳里厄斯等于4塞斯特斯） Example sentencesExamples In ancient Rome, people in the forum were hired for a few sesterces to strut in front of the senate and shout ‘traitor’, ‘liar’, ‘criminal’ at a senator designated by their sponsor. On Tiridates, though it would seem hardly within belief, he spent eight hundred thousand sesterces a day, and on his departure presented him with more than a hundred millions. Indeed, he returned 6 million sestertii seized from Pompey's legate at Corfinum in the first weeks of the war. There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but I would not part with the ring for the world. Those were the good old days, the glory days of butchery and brutality, before those millions of sesterces from the east flooded Rome with luxury and indolence. Origin From Latin sestertius (nummus) '(coin) that is two and a half (asses)'. Definition of sesterce in US English: sesterce (also sestertius) nounˈsestərs An ancient Roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius. 塞斯特斯（一种古罗马硬币和货币单位，1迪纳里厄斯等于4塞斯特斯） Example sentencesExamples Those were the good old days, the glory days of butchery and brutality, before those millions of sesterces from the east flooded Rome with luxury and indolence. There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but I would not part with the ring for the world. Indeed, he returned 6 million sestertii seized from Pompey's legate at Corfinum in the first weeks of the war. On Tiridates, though it would seem hardly within belief, he spent eight hundred thousand sesterces a day, and on his departure presented him with more than a hundred millions. In ancient Rome, people in the forum were hired for a few sesterces to strut in front of the senate and shout ‘traitor’, ‘liar’, ‘criminal’ at a senator designated by their sponsor. Origin From Latin sestertius (nummus) ‘(coin) that is two and a half (asses)’.
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