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English
Etymology
Latin dupondius, literally "two-pounder".
Noun
dupondius (plural dupondii)
- (historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, equal to two asses.
Latin
Etymology
duo (“two”) + pondus (“pound (of weight)”) + -ius
Pronunciation
Noun
dupondius m (genitive dupondiī or dupondī); second declension
- dupondius
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “dupondius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dupondius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dupondius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dupondius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dupondius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin