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semunciarius

semunciarius, amounting to a half-ounce

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semunciarii Adjective: masculine genitive singular, Adjective: masculine vocative plural, Adjective: masculine nominative plural, Adjective: neuter genitive singular of semunciarius

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sēmuncĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [semuncia],
  • amounting to a half-ounce (one twenty-fourth of an as): semunciarium tantum ex unciario faenus factum, one twenty-fourth of an as upon each as, for a year of ten months, or, acc. to our mode of computation, five percent for a full year, Liv. 7, 27, 3; cf. id. 7, 16, 1: asses, weighing half an ounce, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 46 Jahn.

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