centussis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

centussis, is, m. [centum-as],

a hundred asses, Varr. L. L. 5, § 170; 9, § 81; gen. centussis, Varr. ap. Gell. 15, 19, 2.— Abl. centusse, Pers. 5, 191.— Plur. : centussibus, Fest. s. v. peculatus, p. 237 Müll.— Hence, in allusion to the law of Faunius, limiting the expenditure on games: Fauni centussis misellus, Lucil. ap Gell. 2, 24, 4.