sestertium

English

Etymology

Latin sēstertium

Noun

sestertium (plural sestertia)

1. (historical) A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.

Latin

Noun

sēstertium n (genitive sēstertiī or sēstertī); second declension

1. Alternative form of sēstertius

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēstertium	sēstertia
Genitive	sēstertiī sēstertī1	sēstertiōrum
Dative	sēstertiō	sēstertiīs
Accusative	sēstertium	sēstertia
Ablative	sēstertiō	sēstertiīs
Vocative	sēstertium	sēstertia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Noun

sēstertium

1. inflection of sēstertius:
   1. accusative singular
   2. genitive plural

Usage notes

The genitive plural sense is only used when meaning hundred thousands of sesterces, and when preceded by a numeral adverb.

References

• “sestertium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sestertium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sestertium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin