sestertium

From Latin sēstertium.

sestertium (plural sestertia)

1. (historical) A money of account equal to 1000 sestertii.

sēstertium n (genitive sēstertiī or sēstertī); second declension

1. alternative form of sēstertius

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

sēstertium

1. inflection of sēstertius:
   1. accusative singular
   2. genitive plural

The genitive plural sense is only used when meaning hundred thousands of sesterces, and when preceded by a numeral adverb.

• “sestertium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sestertium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sestertium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin