different between denarius vs denary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?n?rius. Doublet of dinar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??n?????s/

Noun

denarius (plural denarii or denariuses)

1. (Ancient Rome) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.

Usage notes

• The usual plural is denarii, but denariuses is also well attested.

Translations

Anagrams

• Eridanus, unraised

Latin

Etymology

From d?n? (“ten each”) +? -?rius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??na?.ri.us/, [d?e??nä??i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?na.ri.us/, [d???n???ius]

Adjective

d?n?rius (feminine d?n?ria, neuter d?n?rium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Containing or consisting of ten things
2. denary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

d?n?rius m (genitive d?n?ri? or d?n?r?); second declension

1. denarius (due to a single coin's value of 10 asses each)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Related terms

• ???? (the symbol for the denarius)

Descendants

References

• denarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• denarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• denarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• denarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• denarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• denarius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English denarie, from the Latin d?n?rius, used elliptically for d?n?rius nummus (“denary coin, coin containing ten asses”). Compare etymology 2 below.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??ne??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??n??i/

Noun

denary (plural denaries)

1. An ancient coin, the denarius.

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Etymology 2

First attested in 1577; from the Latin d?n?rius (“containing ten”), from d?n? (“ten each, ten at a time”) + -?rius (whence the English suffix -ary).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?n??i/
• Homophone: deanery

Adjective

denary (not comparable)

1. Containing ten parts.
2. Based on the number ten.

Synonyms

• (containing ten parts): tenfold
• (based on number ten): decimal

Translations

See also

• primary (1)
• secondary (2)
• tertiary (3)
• unary (1)
• binary (2)
• ternary (3)
• quaternary (4)
• quinary (5)
• senary (6)
• septenary (7)
• octonary (8)
• nonary (9)
• denary (10)
• undenary (11)
• duodenary (12)
• quindenary (15)
• octodenary (18)
• vigenary (20)

Anagrams

• Draney, Radney, Rayden, Yarden, yander, yarned