denarius

denarius - English

denarius (plural denarii or denariuses)

(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.

Arabic: دِينَار‎ (ar) m (dīnār)
Bactrian: διναρο (dinaro)
Catalan: denari (ca) m
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 迪納厄斯／迪纳厄斯 (dínà'èsī)
Kannada: ದೀನಾರ (dīnāra)
Khwarezmian: dynʾr
Esperanto: denaro (eo)
Finnish: denaari (fi)
French: denier (fr) m
German: Denar (de) m
Greek:
- Ancient Greek: δηνάριον n (dēnárion)
Japanese: デナリウス (denariusu), デナリ (denari), デナリオン (denarion)
Latin: dēnārius (la) m
Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dynʾl /dēnār/)
Parthian: 𐭃𐭉𐭍𐭓‎ (dēnār)
Persian: دینار‎ (fa) (dinâr)
Polish: denar (pl) m
Portuguese: denário m
Russian: дина́рий (ru) m (dinárij), дена́рий (ru) m (denárij), дина́р (ru) m (dinár)
Swahili: dinari (sw) class 9/10

dēnārius (feminine dēnāria, neuter dēnārium); first/second-declension adjective

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	dēnārius	dēnāria	dēnārium	dēnāriī	dēnāriae	dēnāria
Genitive	dēnāriī	dēnāriae	dēnāriī	dēnāriōrum	dēnāriārum	dēnāriōrum
Dative	dēnāriō	dēnāriae	dēnāriō	dēnāriīs
Accusative	dēnārium	dēnāriam	dēnārium	dēnāriōs	dēnāriās	dēnāria
Ablative	dēnāriō	dēnāriā	dēnāriō	dēnāriīs
Vocative	dēnārie	dēnāria	dēnārium	dēnāriī	dēnāriae	dēnāria

dēnārius m (genitive dēnāriī or dēnārī); second declension

One denarius always equals four sesterces. This gives it a value of 10 asses, which later became 16 assses after the values were changed.

Second-declension noun.

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

Aragonese: dinero
Asturian: dineru
Catalan: diner
Corsican: dinaru
Friulian: denâr
Italian: denaro, danaro, danaio
Mirandese: denheiro
Neapolitan: renaro
Old French: denier
- Middle French: denier
  - French: denier
- → English: denier
Old Galician-Portuguese: dĩeiro
- Galician: diñeiro
- Portuguese: dinheiro
Old Spanish: dinero
- Spanish: dinero
Romansch: denar, daner
Sicilian: dinaru
Venetian: danaro
→ Aragonese: denario
→ Asturian: denariu
→ Proto-Brythonic: *dinėr (see there for further descendants)
→ Catalan: denari
→ English: denarius
→ Esperanto: denaro
→ French: dénaire
→ Galician: denario
→ Ancient Greek: δηνάριον (dēnárion) (see there for further descendants)
→ German: Denar
→ Italian: denario
→ Middle English: denarie
- English: denary
→ Polish: denar
→ Portuguese: denário
→ Romanian: denar
→ Slovene: denar
→ Spanish: denario