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Yes. The word sestertius is a Scrabble US word. The word sestertius is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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10-letter words (2 found)

RUSSETIEST,SESTERTIUS,

9-letter words (5 found)

TERTIUSES,TESSITURE,TRESSIEST,TRISTESSE,TUTRESSES,

8-letter words (13 found)

ESTRUSES,EUSTRESS,REISSUES,RESTIEST,RUSTIEST,SEISURES,SUETIEST,SUETTIER,SUITRESS,SURETIES,TRUSTEES,TRUSTIES,TSURISES,

7-letter words (30 found)

ISSUERS,REISSUE,RESISTS,RESITES,RESUSES,RETESTS,RISUSES,RUSSETS,SEISERS,SEISURE,SESTETS,SETTERS,SISTERS,SITTERS,SITUSES,STREETS,SUETIER,SUITERS,SUTTEES,TERSEST,TERTIUS,TESTERS,TESTIER,TISSUES,TRESSES,TRUSSES,TRUSTEE,TSETSES,TUSSERS,TUTRESS,

6-letter words (62 found)

ESTERS,ESTRUS,ISSUER,ISSUES,REESTS,REISES,REISTS,RESETS,RESIST,RESITE,RESITS,RETEST,RETIES,RETUSE,REUSES,RUSSET,SEISER,SEISES,SEREST,SERIES,SESTET,SETTER,SIEURS,SIREES,SISTER,SITTER,STEERS,STERES,STIRES,STREET,STRESS,STRUTS,STURTS,SUETES,SUITER,SUITES,SUREST,SUTTEE,TESTER,TESTES,TESTIS,TETRIS,TISSUE,TITERS,TITRES,TRESTS,TRISTE,TRITES,TRUEST,TRUSTS,TSETSE,TSURIS,TUSSER,TUSSES,TUSSIS,TUTEES,TUTSES,URESES,URESIS,URITES,UTISES,UTTERS,

5-letter words (76 found)

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4-letter words (70 found)

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3-letter words (37 found)

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2-letter words (14 found)

EE,ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 310 words from sestertius according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sestertius

sestertius

Etymology

From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”).

Noun

sestertius (plural sestertii)

  1. (historical numismatics) A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).
    Synonym: sesterce

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsestertius/, [ˈs̠e̞s̠te̞rˌt̪ius̠]
  • Rhymes: -ius
  • Syllabification(key): ses‧ter‧ti‧us

Noun

sestertius

  1. (historical, numismatics) sestertius

Declension

Latin

Alternative forms

  • HS (symbol)

Etymology

From sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), due to its value in asses.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seːsˈter.ti.us/, [s̠eːs̠ˈt̪ɛrt̪iʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sesˈter.t͡si.us/, [sesˈt̪ɛrt̪͡s̪ius]

Noun

sēstertius m (genitive sēstertiī or sēstertī); second declension

  1. sesterce (small coin worth 2 and a half asses, later 4 asses)
  2. two and a half (only in certain phrases)

Usage notes

Four sesterces were equal to one denarius, and a hundred sesterces to one aureus. Although there were larger coins in the empire, many large prices were calculated in sesterces instead.

When a distributive numeral is used in front of the neuter plural sēstertia, it is read as that many thousands of sesterces. When a numeral adverb is used in front of the genitive plural sēstertium, it is read as that many hundred thousands of sesterces.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Synonyms

  • nummus

Descendants

  • Catalan: sesterci
  • → English: sesterce
  • → Finnish: sestertius
  • Italian: sesterzio
  • Portuguese: sestércio
  • Spanish: sestercio

References

  • “sestertius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sestertius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sestertius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sestertius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sestertius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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