| 单词 |
aureus |
| 释义 |
ˈaureus|ˈɔːrɪəs|
Pl. aurei |-aɪ|.
[L., substantival use (sc. nummus) of aureus golden, f. aurum gold.]
1. A Roman gold coin of the late republic and empire, of the value of 25 silver denarii.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xx. iv. 149 He..promised unto them all throughout five aurei apeece. a1666Evelyn Diary c 7 May an. 1645 (1955) II. 398 As to Coynes & Medails..10 Asses make the Roman Denarius,..10 Denarius's an Aureus. 1895G. Allen The Woman who Did xv. 162 His profile was clear-cut, like Trajan's on an aureus. 1940Oxoniensia V. 142 The donation of..an aureus of Hadrian, and a siliqua of Gratian. 1959Chambers's Encycl. X. 127/2 Constantine gave it a last reform, introducing an aureus of gold of 72 to the pound which lasted to the end of the empire.
†2. (See quot.)Obs.
1658Rowland Mouffet's Theat. Ins. 1055 Take Birthwort round and long, each one aureus. 1881Syd. Soc. Lex., Aureus, a weight of a drachm and a half. |
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