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Dictionary entries
- Entry →as, assis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
penny, copper coin; a pound; one, whole, unit; circular flap/valve; round slice;; penny, copper coin; a pound; one, whole; circular flap/valve; round slice;; plank, board;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...palma verberare. Eum servus sequebatur ferens crumenam plenam assium; ut quemque depalmaverat, numerari statim secundum duodecim tabulas quinque..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Tiberim deprehensus esset usque ad mille pondo assium clarigatio esset nec priusquam aere persoluto is qui cepisset extra..."