Denárius, tij, m. g. S bstant. The Romaine pennie. Of it were three sortes One, the sixte parte of an ounce, and was more by the third parte then the Greeke Drachma. An other was thr 7. parte of an ounce, and 84. went to a pound. The third was the 8 part of an ounce equal to the Greke dramme, and in value a sterling groate when eight went to an ounce.Denatrum XXXIX. millia Ci. Nine and thirtie thousand Romaine pence.Emere denario quod sit mille denariûm.Cicer.To buy for one pennie that is worth a thousande.Ad denarios peruenire.Cic.Ad denarium soluere alicui aliquid.To pay one a summe enerie pennie.Exigere quaternos denarios ab aliquo in singulas ampliotas vini.Cic.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [deni], containing ten. I. In gen.: numerus digitorum, Vitr. 3, 1: fistula,
ten inches in circumference
, Plin. 31, 6, 31, 58; Vitr. 8, 7: DENARIAE caerimoniae dicebantur et TRICENARIAE, quibus sacra adituris decem continuis rebus vel triginta certis quibusdam rebus carendum erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 10.— Freq., II. Esp. nummus, or absol., de-narius, ii, m. (gen. plur., denarium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; id. Off. 3, 23 fin.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, 71 Müll.: denariorum, Cic. Fam. 9, 18 fin.; Suet. Tib. 48). A.A Roman silver coin, which originally contained ten, and afterwards eighteen asses, in value equivalent to an Attic drachma, or about sixteen American cents, Varr. L. L. 5, 173 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, 44; Vitr. 3, 1, 8; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98, 1 Müll.: denarii nummi, Liv. 8, 11 fin.: denarii trecenti, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; so subst., id. ib. 2, 3, 82 sq.; Caes. B. C. 1, 52; Plin. 18, 23, 53, 194; Mart. 1, 118 et saep.—B. As, an apothecary's weight, = drachma, Plin. 21, 34, 109, 185; Cels. 5, 17; Plin. 30, 7, 19, 56 et saep.—C.A gold coin of the value of 25 silver denarii, Plin. 33, 3, 13, 44 sq.; 34, 7, 17, 37; cf. Petr. 33, 2.—D. In later times, a copper coin, Vop. Aurel. 9; Macr. S. 1, 7 med.—E.Meton. for money in gen., Cic. Quint. 4 fin.; id. Att. 2, 6 fin.