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denarius Definition

de·nari·us (di narē əs)

noun pl. -·narii′-ē ī′

  1. an ancient Roman silver coin, the penny of the New Testament
  2. 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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