teruncius

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

ter-uncĭus, ii, m. (sc. nummus) [uncia].

I Lit., three twelfths of an as, a quarter - as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 174 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45.—

2 Transf., a trifle : sic in provinciā nos gerimus, ut nullus teruncius insumatur in quemquam, i. q. not a farthing , not a cent , Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2; 6, 2, 4; id. Fam. 2, 17, 4; id. Fin. 3, 14, 45: non jam teruncii faciunt, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 17; Ap. Mag. p. 323, 14.—

II Of inheritances, the fourth part : Curius fecit palam te (heredem) ex libellā, me ex teruncio, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3.

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