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ses⋅ter⋅ti⋅um

  [se-stur-shee-uhm, -shuhm]
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–noun, plural -ti⋅a  [-shee-uh, -shuh] .
a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
Origin:
1530–40; < L sēstertium gen. pl. of sēstertius sesterce, taken as neut. sing.
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ses·ter·tium   (sě-stûr'shəm, -shē-əm)   
n.   pl. ses·ter·tia (-shə, -shē-ə)
A monetary unit of ancient Rome equivalent to 1,000 sesterces.

[Latin (mīlle) sēstertium, (a thousand) sesterces, genitive pl. of sēstertius, sesterce; see sesterce.]
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