raudusculum

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

rauduscŭlum (rōd- and rūd-), i, n. dim. [raudus].

I A little piece of brass used as a coin (an old word): in mancipando cum dicitur: Rudusculo libram ferito, asse tangitur libra, Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; v. raudus.— Hence,

II Transf., a small sum of money : de raudusculo Numeriano multum te amo, in regard to that little debt of Numerius , Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7: de raudusculo quod scribis, id. ib. 4, 8, a, § 1.

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