centiens

    centiēns or centiēs adv.    [centum], a hundred times: idem dictumst, T.: sestertium centiens (sc. centena milia), i. e. ten millions.

    sēstertius or HS (i. e. II semis), adj. num.    [for * semis-tertius], two and a half.—As subst m. (sc. nummus; gen plur. sestertiūm), a sesterce (a small silver coin, originally two and a half asses, worth twopence and half a farthing sterling, or four and one tenth cents): cum esset tritici modius sestertiis duobus: cum HS XXX scripta essent pro HS CCC: praedia pluris sestertiūm XXX milium habere, L.— Plur n. as subst., with ellipse of milia, thousands of sesterces.—Usu. with num distr.: fundus, qui sestertia dena meritasset: HS quingena (i. e. quindecim milia sestertiūm).— Rarely with num card.: sestertia centum, S.: septem donat sestertia, H.—With ellipse of centena milia: HS quater deciens (i. e. sestertiūm quater deciens centena milia, or 1,400,000 sesterces).—For the phrase, centena milia sestertiūm, the word sestertium was commonly used, and declined as subst n., with the numeral adverbs from deciens upward: quom ei testamento sestertium milies relinquatur: sestertium centiens et octogiens: HS LX, quod advexerat Domitius, Cs.: sestertium deciens numeratum esse: argenti ad summam sestertii deciens in aerarium rettulit, L.: in sestertio centiens adfluentius vivere, N.—With nummus, in abl. of price, at an insignificant sum, for a trifle: bona nummo sestertio sibi addici velle: si amplius HS nummo petisti.