Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 179.ās on page 179
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ās Roman coin
ās is a Latin Noun that primarily means Roman coin.
Definitions for ās
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
an as, a small copper coin, roughly equivalent to a penny
English derivatives:
ace
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A copper coin or monetary unit, orig. weighing one pound, but successively reduced to two ounces, one ounve, amd half an ounce, a penny. (b) (phr.) per assem et libram = per aes et libram (see AES).
- 2
A penny, regarded as a coin of small value, a copper. (b) (phrs.) unius assis aestimare, to care as little as a halfpenny for, regard as worthless; non assis facere, not to care as much as a halfpenny for; ad assem, to the last halfpenny.
- 3
(a) (as a unit of weight) One pound. (b) (as a unit of area) one iugerum (i.e. about three-fifths of an acre). (c) (as an arithmetical unit) one, unity. (d) (phr.) in aseem, in asse, in all, altogether: in assem, in full.
Sentences with ās
Latin to English
Rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis.Compare Let us value all the gossips of the stern old men as worth but a penny.
Assem habeās, assem valeās.Compare If you have a penny, a penny is what you're worth.
Declension table for ās
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ās | assēs |
| Gen. | assis | assum |
| Dat. | assī | assibus |
| Acc. | assem | assēs |
| Abl. | asse | assibus |
Specs
Noun details
Declension third
Gender masculine
Word metrics
Frequency rank Unknown
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 213.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 179.
- Word frequencies
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ās, assis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/as-assis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 213.ās, assis on page 213
