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sestertia

sestertia is a Latin form of sestertius, meaning “sesterce (a Roman coin; HS); (sestertium) a thousand sesterces”.

It can also be a form of sestertium, “a thousand sesterces”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or nominative plural neuter adjective or vocative plural neuter adjective.

Found 50 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.119: … fortunasque aratorum non populi Romani, sed tui quaestus causa vendidisse? Vt si qui vilicus ex eo fundo qui sestertia dena meritasset, excisis arboribus ac venditis, demptis tegulis, instrumento, pecore abalienato, domino xx mi …

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.