adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
dēnārius1
dēnārius (feminine dēnāria, neuter dēnārium)
Classical[deːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[deˈnaː.ri.us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivecontaining or consisting of ten things
- adjectivetenfold, denary
Quid sī enim numerō istō dēnāriō ūniversitās rēgum significāta est, post quōs ille ventūrus est; sīcut mīllēnāriō, centēnāriō, septēnāriō significātur plērumque ūniversitās, et aliīs atque aliīs numerīs, quōs nunc commemorāre nōn est necesse?
What if this 10 were to represent all of the kings—after whom he [the Antichrist] is to come—just as 1000, 100, and 7 (as well as other numbers that don't need to be remembered now) often represent totality? (literally, “What if through this tenfold number the totality of the kings is signified, after whom he is to come, just as through the thousandfold, hundredfold, and sevenfold [number] totality is oftentimes signified, and through other and other numbers that is not necessary to remember now?”)412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 20.23
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nummus argenteus Rōmānus, magnī pretiī.dēnārius -ī m — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī
nummus argenteusdēnārius -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 18 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 11, 18
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēnārius | dēnāria | dēnārium |
| genitive | dēnāriī | dēnāriae | dēnāriī |
| dative | dēnāriō | dēnāriae | dēnāriō |
| accusative | dēnārium | dēnāriam | dēnārium |
| ablative | dēnāriō | dēnāriā | dēnāriō |
| vocative | dēnārie | dēnāria | dēnārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēnāriī | dēnāriae | dēnāria |
| genitive | dēnāriōrum | dēnāriārum | dēnāriōrum |
| dative | dēnāriīs | dēnāriīs | dēnāriīs |
| accusative | dēnāriōs | dēnāriās | dēnāria |
| ablative | dēnāriīs | dēnāriīs | dēnāriīs |
| vocative | dēnāriī | dēnāriae | dēnāria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat
- corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel.
dēnārĭus, a, um, adj. deni,
I. containing ten.
I. In gen.:
numerus digitorum, Vitr. 3, 1: fistula, ten inches in circumference, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; Vitr. 8, 7: DENARIAE caerimoniae dicebantur et TRICENARIAE, quibus sacra adituris decem continuis rebus vel triginta certis quibusdam rebus carendum erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 10.— Freq., II. Esp. nummus, or absol., de-narius, ii, m. (gen. plur., denarium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; id. Off. 3, 23 fin.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 71 Müll.:
denariorum, Cic. Fam. 9, 18 fin.; Suet. Tib. 48). A. A Roman silver coin, which originally contained ten, and afterwards eighteen asses, in value equivalent to an Attic drachma, or about sixteen American cents, Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44; Vitr. 3, 1, 8; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98, 1 Müll.:
denarii nummi, Liv. 8, 11 fin.: denarii trecenti, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; so subst., id. ib. 2, 3, 82 sq.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 52; Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194; Mart. 1, 118 et saep.—B. As, an apothecary's weight, = drachma, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Cels. 5, 17; Plin. 30, 7, 19, § 56 et saep.—
C. A gold coin of the value of 25 silver denarii, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44 sq.; 34, 7, 17, § 37; cf. Petr. 33, 2.—
D. In later times, a copper coin, Vop. Aurel. 9; Macr. S. 1, 7 med.—
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēnārius (gen plur. -iūm; rarely -iōrum), adj.
deni, containing ten each ; hence, worth ten (asses): nummus, a silver coin, originally of ten, afterwards of sixteen asses (about 8 d ., $0.16): pendere denarios nummos quadringenos, L.—As subst. (sc. nummus): denarii trecenti: ad denarios L in singulos modios annona pervenerat, Cs.: ad denarium solvere, to pay in silver : spes denarii, of money .
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Italic*dekəm
- Latindēnārius
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -nus Latin dēnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin dēnārius From dēnus (“ten each”) + -ārius.
In English words that came into English from dēnārius
- dinardēnārius
- groschendēnārius
- denariusdēnārius
- denierdēnārius
- denarydēnārius
- denardēnārius
- denariandēnārius