HS

HS is a Latin form of sestertius, meaning “sesterce (a Roman coin; HS); (sestertium) a thousand sesterces”. It is the accusative plural masculine noun or ablative plural masculine noun.

Found 261 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.23: … r quod sibi a parte eorum gratia relata non sit pro suis in eos maximis beneficiis; dimittit omnes incolumes. HS LX,quod advexerat Domitius atque in publico deposuerat, allatum ad se ab IIII viris Corfiniensibus Domitio re …

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.36: … ia qvadringentos decem et septem nvmmos. dedi stipendio, frvmento, legatis, pro qvaestore, cohorti praetoriae hs mille sescenta triginta qvinqve milia qvadringentos decem et septem nvmmos. reliqvi: arimini hs sescenta mili …

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 12.15.2: … m esset classem Dolabellae in Lycia esse Rhodiosque navis compluris instructas et paratas in aqua habere, cum Hs navibus quas aut mecum adduxeram aut comparaverat Patiscus proq., homo mihi cum familiaritate tum etiam sensi …

All forms of sestertius (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.