noun
rauduscŭlum
Meaning
- A little piece of brass
rauduscŭlum (rōd- and rūd-), i, n. dim. raudus.
I. A little piece of brass used as a coin (an old word): in mancipando cum dicitur: Rudusculo libram ferito, asse tangitur libra, Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; v. raudus.— Hence,
II. Transf., a small sum of money:
de raudusculo Numeriano multum te amo, in regard to that little debt of Numerius, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7: de raudusculo quod scribis, id. ib. 4, 8, a, § 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
raudusculum (rōd-, rūd-) ī, n dim.
raudus, a little piece of brass money : Numerianum, the trifling debt of Numerius .