denarius
denarius
Definition
de·nari·us (di nar′ē əs)
noun pl. -·nar′ii′-ē ī′
- an ancient Roman silver coin, the penny of the New Testament
- an ancient Roman gold coin, worth 25 silver denarii
Etymology: ME < L, orig., adj., containing ten < deni, by tens < decem, ten
denarius
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- receive: Verse 9: The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- owe: In Jesus's parable, Simon might actually be the one who owed five hundred denarii instead of fifty.
- blacken: In the end, gently sifting away the excess, I uncovered another beautiful blackened denarius.
- comprise: The earlier hoard comprised 976 denarii, radiates and nummi, all but one dating to before 305.
- include: A metal detectorist found a number of Roman artifacts including several silver denarii of different dates.
- have: When Jesus asks them if they have a silver denarius on their person, He tricks them into answering their own question.
Adjective modifier
- silver: This is a silver denarius - the coin used to pay soldiers in the Roman army.
- Roman: Its contents proved to be a number of coins principally Roman denarii but among them were four ancient British coins in gold.
- more: The same procedure was repeated; each handful of earth went into the sieve, and we recovered two more beautiful denarii.
Noun used with modifier
- silver: I, H, acknowledge the debt of silver denarii, 500, the dowry of W according to what they wrote above.
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