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sestertĭus, a, um, num. adj. [contr. from semis-tertius], two and a half; only in the phrases sestertius nummus and milia sestertia; v. I. A. and I. B. 1. infra.— Mostly as subst.

sestertĭus (written also with the characters HS.; v. B. 4. infra), ii, m. (sc. nummus); also in full: sestertius nummus; gen. plur. sestertiūm; rarely sestertiorum or sestertiūm nummūm, a sesterce, a small silver coin, originally equal to two and a half asses, or one fourth of a denarius. When the as was reduced in weight, during the Punic wars, the denarius was made equal to sixteen asses, and the sestertius continued to be one fourth of the denarius. Its value, up to the time of Augustus, was twopence and half a farthing sterling, or four and one tenth cents; afterwards about one eighth less. The sestertius was the ordinary coin of the Romans, by which the largest sums were reckoned. The sestertium (1000 sestertii) was equal (up to the time of Augustus, afterwards about one eighth less) to

1 d. sterling, or $42.94 in United States coin (v. Zumpt, Gram. § 842; Dict. of Ant. s. v. as, sestertius).

In gen.:

sestertius, quod duobus semis additur (dupondius enim et semis antiquus sestertius est) et veteris consuetudinis, ut retro aere dicerent, ita ut semis tertius, quartus semis pronunciarent, ab semis tertius sestertius dicitur,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.: nostri quartam denarii partem, quod efficie [p. 1686] batur ex duobus assibus et tertio semisse, sestertium nominaverunt, Vitr. 3, 1 med.; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 30:

taxatio in libras sestertii singuli et in penuriā bini,

Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 130.—Freq. joined with nummus:

mille nongentos quinquaginta sestertios nummos,

Col. 3, 3, 9.— Gen. plur. sestertiūm: quid verum sit, intellego;

sed alias ita loquor, ut concessum est, ut hoc vel pro deum dico vel pro deorum, alias, ut necesse est, cum triumvirum non virorum, cum sestertiūm nummūm non nummorum, quod in his consuetudo varia non est,

Cic. Or. 46, 56:

sestertiūm sexagena milia nummūm,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; cited ap. Plin. 10, 20, 23, § 45.—Rarely, sestertiorum:

duo milia sestertiorum,

Col. 3, 3, 13.—

In partic.

As adj. in neutr. plur., with milia (in Varr. and Col.):

ut asinus venierit sestertiis milibus LX. (= sexaginta milibus sestertium),

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14:

grex centenarius facile quadragena milia sestertia ut reddat,

id. ib. 3, 6, 6:

hos numquam minus dena milia sestertia ex melle recipere,

id. ib. 3, 6, 11:

Hirrius ex aedificiis duodena milia sestertia capiebat,

id. ib. 3, 17, 3:

sestertiis octo milibus,

Col. 3, 3, 8; 3, 3, 9; 3, 3, 10.—

To express more than two complete thousands sestertia is used as plurale tantum, with distrib. numerals (rare before the Aug. per.):

si qui vilicus ex eo fundo, qui sestertia dena meritasset... domino XX. milia nummūm pro X. miserit (= decem milia sestertiūm),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

candidati apud eum HS. quingena deposuerunt (= quindecim milia sestertiūm),

id. Att. 4, 15, 7:

capit ille ex suis praediis sexcena sestertia, ego centena ex meis,

id. Par. 6, 3, 49:

bis dena super sestertia nummum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 33:

Tiberius Hortalo se respondisse ait, daturum liberis ejus ducena sestertia singulis,

Tac. A. 2, 38:

princeps capiendis pecuniis posuit modum usque ad dena sestertia,

id. ib. 11, 7.—Rarely with card. numerals:

sestertia centum,

Sall. C. 30, 6:

septem donat sestertia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 80:

centum sestertia,

Mart. 6, 20, 1:

sex sestertia,

id. 6, 30, 1; cf.:

ne cui jus esset nisi qui... HS. CCCC. census fuisset,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 32.—

Millions of sesterces were expressed in three ways:

By the words centena (or centum) milia sestertiūm, preceded by a numeral adverb (rare): miliens centena milia sestertium, a hundred millions, etc., Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 84.—

With ellips. of the words centena milia, the gen. plur. sestertiūm being preceded by the numeral adv. (rare;

once in Cic.): HS. (i. e. sestertium) quater decies P. Tadio numerata Athenis... planum faciam (i.e. sestertiūm quater decies centena milia, = 1,400,000 sesterces),

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 100 (where B. and K. after Orell. read. ex conj., sestertium; v. Kühner, Gram. § 229, 5 b.).—

With sestertium, declined as subst. neutr., and the numeral adverbs from decies upward (also with ellips. of centena or centum milia; sestertium here = centum milia sestertiūm. The origin of this usage, which became general, has been much disputed, and it is usual to explain it, after Non. p. 495 (cf. Quint. 1, 6, 18), as a grammatical blunder, by which the gen. plur. sestertium has been mistaken for a neutr. sing., Zumpt, Gram. § 873; but it more probably grew out of the adj. use of sestertium with mille, supra; v. Fischer, Gram. 2, p. 269; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 116; Kühner, Gram. § 209).

Nom. and acc.:

quom ei testamento sestertium milies relinquatur,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 93:

nonne sestertium centies et octogies... Romae in quaestu reliquisti?

id. Pis. 35, 86:

sestertium sexagies, quod advexerat Domitius,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23, 4:

sestertium quadringenties aerario illatum est,

Tac. A. 13, 31:

sestertium deciens numeratum esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 20; 2, 3, 70, § 163:

quadringenties sestertium, quod debuisti,

id. Phil. 2, 37, 93; id. Off. 3, 24, 93; Nep. Att. 14, 2:

sestertium ducenties ex eā praedā redactum esse,

Liv. 45, 43, 8; Val. Max. 9, 1, 6:

sestertium milies in culinam congerere,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 10, 3:

quater milies sestertium suum vidit,

id. Ben. 2, 27, 1; Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37; Tac. A. 6, 45; 12, 22; 12, 53; 13, 31; id. H. 4, 47; Suet. Calig. 37; id. Galb. 5.—Sometimes with ellips. of sestertium:

dissipatio, per quam Antonius septies miliens avertit,

Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 11.—

Gen.:

syngrapha sestertii centies per legatos facta,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95:

argenti ad summam sestertii decies in aerarium rettulit,

Liv. 45, 4, 1:

sestertii milies servus,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 1:

liberalitas decies sestertii,

Tac. A. 2, 37; 2, 86:

centies sestertii largitio,

id. ib. 12, 58; 12, 53; Plin. Ep. 10, 3 (5), 2.—

Abl.:

quadragies sestertio villam venisse,

Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 3:

sexagies sestertio, tricies sestertio,

Val. Max. 9, 1, 4:

centies sestertio cenavit uno die,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 11:

pantomimae decies sestertio nubunt,

id. ib. 12, 5; id. Ben. 4, 36, 1; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196:

accepto quinquagies sestertio,

Tac. A. 3, 17; 6, 17; 16, 13; id. H. 4, 42; Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Tib. 48; id. Calig. 38, 4.—The sign HS., i.e. II. and semis, stands for sestertius, sestertia, and sestertium, in all the uses described above; when it is necessary, to avoid ambiguity, its meanings are distinguished thus: HS. XX. stands for sestertii viginti; HS. X̅X̅., with a line over the numeral, = sestertia vicena, or 20,000 sesterces; H̅S̅. X̅X̅., with lines over both signs, = sestertium vicies, or 2,000,000 sesterces (Kühner, Gram. § 229 Anm. 1). But in recent edd. the numerals are usu. written in full, when the meaning would otherwise be doubtful.—

Transf., in gen.

Nummo sestertio or sestertio nummo, for a small sum, for a trifle (good prose):

ecquis est, qui bona C. Rabirii Postumi nummo sestertio sibi addici velit? Tua, Postume, nummo sestertio a me addicuntur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 45; Val. Max. 5, 2, 10:

C. Matienus damnatus sestertio nummo veniit,

Liv. Epit. 55:

quae maxima inter vos habentur, divitiae, gratia, potentia, sestertio nummo aestiman da sunt,

Sen. Ep. 95, 59; Val. Max. 8, 2, 3.—

Money, a sum of money:

sestertio amplo comparare,

for a large sum, Sol. 27 (40) fin. —

In the times of the emperors, also, a copper coin, worth four asses, Plin. 34, 2, 2, § 4; cf. Eckhel. Doctr. Num. 6, p. 283.—

ses-tertĭum, ii, n., in econom. lang., as a measure of dimension, two and a half feet deep:

ipsum agrum sat erit bipalio vertere: quod vocant rustici sestertium,

Col. Arb. 1, 5 (for which:

siccus ager bipalio subigi debet, quae est altitudo pastinationis, cum in duos pedes et semissem convertitur humus,

id. ib. 3, 5, 3).

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dēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [deni], containing ten.

In gen.:

numerus digitorum,

Vitr. 3, 1:

fistula,

ten inches in circumference, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 58; Vitr. 8, 7: DENARIAE caerimoniae dicebantur et TRICENARIAE, quibus sacra adituris decem continuis rebus vel triginta certis quibusdam rebus carendum erat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 71, 10.— Freq.,

Esp. nummus, or absol., de-narius, ii, m. ( gen. plur., denarium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; id. Off. 3, 23 fin.; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 71 Müll.:

denariorum,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18 fin.; Suet. Tib. 48).

A Roman silver coin, which originally contained ten, and afterwards eighteen asses, in value equivalent to an Attic drachma, or about sixteen American cents, Varr. L. L. 5, § 173 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44; Vitr. 3, 1, 8; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98, 1 Müll.:

denarii nummi,

Liv. 8, 11 fin.: denarii trecenti, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55; so subst., id. ib. 2, 3, 82 sq.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 52; Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194; Mart. 1, 118 et saep.—

As, an apothecary's weight, = drachma, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Cels. 5, 17; Plin. 30, 7, 19, § 56 et saep.—

A gold coin of the value of 25 silver denarii, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44 sq.; 34, 7, 17, § 37; cf. Petr. 33, 2.—

In later times, a copper coin, Vop. Aurel. 9; Macr. S. 1, 7 med. —

Meton. for money in gen., Cic. Quint. 4 fin.; id. Att. 2, 6 fin.

nŏmisma ( nŭm-), ătis (also num-misma, Ven. Vit. S. Martin. 2, 338), n., = nomisma, a piece of money, a coin (not ante-Aug.).

Lit.

In gen.:

acceptos, regale nomisma, Philippos,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234:

largae nomismata mensae,

Mart. 12, 62, 11:

immensa nomismata,

Ser. Samm. 28, 525.—

In partic., a coin not in circulation, a medal, Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin.:

nomismata aurea vel argentea vetera,

ib. 7, 1, 28.—Esp., a medal or token given to the knights at the door of the theatre, and entitling the bearer to be served with wine:

cum data sint equiti bis quina nomismata, quare bis deciens solus, Sextiliane, bibis?

Mart. 1, 11, 1 sq. —

Transf., a stamp, an image on a coin: en Caesar agnoscit suum Nomisma nummis inditum, Prud. steph. 2, 95.

nŏmisma ( nŭm-), ătis (also num-misma, Ven. Vit. S. Martin. 2, 338), n., = nomisma, a piece of money, a coin (not ante-Aug.).

Lit.

In gen.:

acceptos, regale nomisma, Philippos,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234:

largae nomismata mensae,

Mart. 12, 62, 11:

immensa nomismata,

Ser. Samm. 28, 525.—

In partic., a coin not in circulation, a medal, Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin.:

nomismata aurea vel argentea vetera,

ib. 7, 1, 28.—Esp., a medal or token given to the knights at the door of the theatre, and entitling the bearer to be served with wine:

cum data sint equiti bis quina nomismata, quare bis deciens solus, Sextiliane, bibis?

Mart. 1, 11, 1 sq. —

Transf., a stamp, an image on a coin: en Caesar agnoscit suum Nomisma nummis inditum, Prud. steph. 2, 95.

nummus (thus written in the better MSS., others nūmus), i ( gen. plur. usu. nummūm, but nummorum, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 115; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117; Hor. S. 2, 3, 149, etc.), m. [from root nemô; cf. numerus], a piece of money, a coin, money.

In gen.:

adulterini,

counterfeit money, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

adulterati,

Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 1:

aurei,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20:

plumbei,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 11:

argenteus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 36:

putat suos nummos vos comedisse,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

habere in nummis,

in ready money, id. Off. 8, 10, 1; id. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; cf.:

(hominem) non modo in aere alieno nullo, sed in suis nummis multis esse et semper fuisse,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6, § 11;

jactabatur enim temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

the value of money fluctuated, id. Off. 3, 20, 80:

asper,

i. e. not worn smooth by use, Pers. 3, 69; cf. Sen. Ep. 19, 10: crescit amor nummi, Juv 14, 139.—

In partic.

A Roman silver coin, called also nummus sestertius, and simply sestertius (v. sestertius), a sesterce:

eccos trīs nummos habes,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 1:

cogit Scandilium quinque illa milia nummum dare atque annumerare Apronio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 61, §

140: binis milibus nummum,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 8; cf. for the gen. nummūm, Cic. Or. 46, 156, and v. Ritschl, prol. p. 89; gen. nummorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 5; Suet. Aug. 46 fin.; id. Dom. 4 fin.; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167—With sestertius, Liv. 8, 11:

percipere mille nongentos quinquaginta sestertios nummos,

Col. 3, 3, 9:

sestertiis sescentis nummis,

id. 3, 3, 9, § 13.—

Transf., like our farthing, cent, to denote a very small sum, a trifle, low price, etc.:

assident, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,

to a farthing, to a cent, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

ecquis est ex tanto populo, qui bona C. Rabirii nummo sestertio sibi addici velit?

at a farthing's value, id. Rab. Post. 17, 45; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

quae maxima inter vos habentur, divitiae, gratia, potentia, sestertio nummo aestimanda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 95, 59:

damnatus... et sestertio nummo veniit,

Liv. Epit. 55; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 34.—

As a Greek coin, two drachmae (only in Plaut.): illi sunt drachumis miseri;

me nemo potest Minoris quisquam nummo, ut surgam, subigere,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 19: Me. Quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt sacres sinceri? Cy. Nummo, id. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Ep. 1, 1, 52; id. Aul. 3, 2, 34.

nummus (thus written in the better MSS., others nūmus), i ( gen. plur. usu. nummūm, but nummorum, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 115; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117; Hor. S. 2, 3, 149, etc.), m. [from root nemô; cf. numerus], a piece of money, a coin, money.

In gen.:

adulterini,

counterfeit money, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

adulterati,

Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 1:

aurei,

Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20:

plumbei,

Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 11:

argenteus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 36:

putat suos nummos vos comedisse,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

habere in nummis,

in ready money, id. Off. 8, 10, 1; id. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; cf.:

(hominem) non modo in aere alieno nullo, sed in suis nummis multis esse et semper fuisse,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6, § 11;

jactabatur enim temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

the value of money fluctuated, id. Off. 3, 20, 80:

asper,

i. e. not worn smooth by use, Pers. 3, 69; cf. Sen. Ep. 19, 10: crescit amor nummi, Juv 14, 139.—

In partic.

A Roman silver coin, called also nummus sestertius, and simply sestertius (v. sestertius), a sesterce:

eccos trīs nummos habes,

Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 1:

cogit Scandilium quinque illa milia nummum dare atque annumerare Apronio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 61, §

140: binis milibus nummum,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 8; cf. for the gen. nummūm, Cic. Or. 46, 156, and v. Ritschl, prol. p. 89; gen. nummorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 5; Suet. Aug. 46 fin.; id. Dom. 4 fin.; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167—With sestertius, Liv. 8, 11:

percipere mille nongentos quinquaginta sestertios nummos,

Col. 3, 3, 9:

sestertiis sescentis nummis,

id. 3, 3, 9, § 13.—

Transf., like our farthing, cent, to denote a very small sum, a trifle, low price, etc.:

assident, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,

to a farthing, to a cent, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

ecquis est ex tanto populo, qui bona C. Rabirii nummo sestertio sibi addici velit?

at a farthing's value, id. Rab. Post. 17, 45; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

quae maxima inter vos habentur, divitiae, gratia, potentia, sestertio nummo aestimanda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 95, 59:

damnatus... et sestertio nummo veniit,

Liv. Epit. 55; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 34.—

As a Greek coin, two drachmae (only in Plaut.): illi sunt drachumis miseri;

me nemo potest Minoris quisquam nummo, ut surgam, subigere,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 19: Me. Quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt sacres sinceri? Cy. Nummo, id. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Ep. 1, 1, 52; id. Aul. 3, 2, 34.

Phĭlippus, i, m., = Philippos, Philip, the name of several kings of Macedonia, the most celebrated of whom was the son of Amyntas, and father of Alexander the Great, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; Nep. Eum. 1, 4; id. Reg. 2, 1; Just. 7, 4 sq.; cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 4.—

Transf., a gold coin struck by King Philip, a Philippe d'or, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 27; so id. ib. 4, 8, 38; 41; 78 al.; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234;

and, in gen., of other coins,

Aus. Ep. 5, 19.—

Hence,

Phĭlippēus (collat. form Phĭlippĭus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38), a, um, adj., = Philippeios, of or belonging to Philip, king of Macedonia, Philippian:

Philippeus sanguis,

i. e. Cleopatra, because the Egyptian sovereigns were descended from Philip of Macedon, Prop. 3, 9, 39 (4, 10, 40):

Em tibi talentum argenti: Philippeum aes est,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60: Philippeus nummus, a gold coin struck by Philip, of the value of twenty drachmœ, a Philippe d'or:

nummi Philippei aurei,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 1; Liv. 39, 7:

Philippeum aurum,

from which the Philippe d'or was struck, Plaut. Curc. 3, 70 al. — Hence, absol.: Phĭlippēum, i, n., a gold coin struck by Philip, Varr. ap. Non. 78, 11. —And, transf., of other coins: argenteos Philippeos minutulos, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 9.—

Phĭlippĭcus, a, um, adj., = Philippikos, of or belonging to Philip, Philippic:

Philippicum talentum argenti,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60:

aurum,

a gold-mine of Philip's in Macedonia, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 57. — Cicero's orations against Antony were called orationes Philippicae, after those of Demosthenes against King Philip, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.—Also sing. collect.: Phĭlippĭca, ae, f.:

divina Philippica,

Juv. 10, 125.

Phĭlippus, i, m., = Philippos, Philip, the name of several kings of Macedonia, the most celebrated of whom was the son of Amyntas, and father of Alexander the Great, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; Nep. Eum. 1, 4; id. Reg. 2, 1; Just. 7, 4 sq.; cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 4.—

Transf., a gold coin struck by King Philip, a Philippe d'or, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 27; so id. ib. 4, 8, 38; 41; 78 al.; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234;

and, in gen., of other coins,

Aus. Ep. 5, 19.—

Hence,

Phĭlippēus (collat. form Phĭlippĭus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38), a, um, adj., = Philippeios, of or belonging to Philip, king of Macedonia, Philippian:

Philippeus sanguis,

i. e. Cleopatra, because the Egyptian sovereigns were descended from Philip of Macedon, Prop. 3, 9, 39 (4, 10, 40):

Em tibi talentum argenti: Philippeum aes est,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60: Philippeus nummus, a gold coin struck by Philip, of the value of twenty drachmœ, a Philippe d'or:

nummi Philippei aurei,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 1; Liv. 39, 7:

Philippeum aurum,

from which the Philippe d'or was struck, Plaut. Curc. 3, 70 al. — Hence, absol.: Phĭlippēum, i, n., a gold coin struck by Philip, Varr. ap. Non. 78, 11. —And, transf., of other coins: argenteos Philippeos minutulos, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 9.—

Phĭlippĭcus, a, um, adj., = Philippikos, of or belonging to Philip, Philippic:

Philippicum talentum argenti,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60:

aurum,

a gold-mine of Philip's in Macedonia, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 57. — Cicero's orations against Antony were called orationes Philippicae, after those of Demosthenes against King Philip, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.—Also sing. collect.: Phĭlippĭca, ae, f.:

divina Philippica,

Juv. 10, 125.

Phĭlippus, i, m., = Philippos, Philip, the name of several kings of Macedonia, the most celebrated of whom was the son of Amyntas, and father of Alexander the Great, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; Nep. Eum. 1, 4; id. Reg. 2, 1; Just. 7, 4 sq.; cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 4.—

Transf., a gold coin struck by King Philip, a Philippe d'or, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 27; so id. ib. 4, 8, 38; 41; 78 al.; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234;

and, in gen., of other coins,

Aus. Ep. 5, 19.—

Hence,

Phĭlippēus (collat. form Phĭlippĭus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38), a, um, adj., = Philippeios, of or belonging to Philip, king of Macedonia, Philippian:

Philippeus sanguis,

i. e. Cleopatra, because the Egyptian sovereigns were descended from Philip of Macedon, Prop. 3, 9, 39 (4, 10, 40):

Em tibi talentum argenti: Philippeum aes est,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60: Philippeus nummus, a gold coin struck by Philip, of the value of twenty drachmœ, a Philippe d'or:

nummi Philippei aurei,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 1; Liv. 39, 7:

Philippeum aurum,

from which the Philippe d'or was struck, Plaut. Curc. 3, 70 al. — Hence, absol.: Phĭlippēum, i, n., a gold coin struck by Philip, Varr. ap. Non. 78, 11. —And, transf., of other coins: argenteos Philippeos minutulos, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 9.—

Phĭlippĭcus, a, um, adj., = Philippikos, of or belonging to Philip, Philippic:

Philippicum talentum argenti,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60:

aurum,

a gold-mine of Philip's in Macedonia, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 57. — Cicero's orations against Antony were called orationes Philippicae, after those of Demosthenes against King Philip, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.—Also sing. collect.: Phĭlippĭca, ae, f.:

divina Philippica,

Juv. 10, 125.

Phĭlippus, i, m., = Philippos, Philip, the name of several kings of Macedonia, the most celebrated of whom was the son of Amyntas, and father of Alexander the Great, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; Nep. Eum. 1, 4; id. Reg. 2, 1; Just. 7, 4 sq.; cf. Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 4.—

Transf., a gold coin struck by King Philip, a Philippe d'or, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 27; so id. ib. 4, 8, 38; 41; 78 al.; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234;

and, in gen., of other coins,

Aus. Ep. 5, 19.—

Hence,

Phĭlippēus (collat. form Phĭlippĭus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 38), a, um, adj., = Philippeios, of or belonging to Philip, king of Macedonia, Philippian:

Philippeus sanguis,

i. e. Cleopatra, because the Egyptian sovereigns were descended from Philip of Macedon, Prop. 3, 9, 39 (4, 10, 40):

Em tibi talentum argenti: Philippeum aes est,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60: Philippeus nummus, a gold coin struck by Philip, of the value of twenty drachmœ, a Philippe d'or:

nummi Philippei aurei,

Plaut. As. 1, 3, 1; Liv. 39, 7:

Philippeum aurum,

from which the Philippe d'or was struck, Plaut. Curc. 3, 70 al. — Hence, absol.: Phĭlippēum, i, n., a gold coin struck by Philip, Varr. ap. Non. 78, 11. —And, transf., of other coins: argenteos Philippeos minutulos, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 9.—

Phĭlippĭcus, a, um, adj., = Philippikos, of or belonging to Philip, Philippic:

Philippicum talentum argenti,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 60:

aurum,

a gold-mine of Philip's in Macedonia, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 57. — Cicero's orations against Antony were called orationes Philippicae, after those of Demosthenes against King Philip, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.—Also sing. collect.: Phĭlippĭca, ae, f.:

divina Philippica,

Juv. 10, 125.

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