dodrans
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dōdrāns.
Noun
dodrans (plural dodrantes)
- (historical, numismatics) A bronze coin of the Roman Republic, worth three quarters of an as.
Latin
Etymology
Contraction of dequadrans from dē- (off-) + quadrāns (fourth)
Noun
dōdrāns f (genitive dōdrantis); third declension
- three-quarters (nine-twelfths) (especially of a foot, or of an hour)
- A book of debts introduced by the lex Valeria feneratoria
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dōdrāns | dōdrantēs |
| Genitive | dōdrantis | dōdrantium |
| Dative | dōdrantī | dōdrantibus |
| Accusative | dōdrantem | dōdrantēs dōdrantīs |
| Ablative | dōdrante | dōdrantibus |
| Vocative | dōdrāns | dōdrantēs |
References
- “dodrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dodrans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dodrans in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dodrans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate: heres ex asse, ex dodrante
- sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate: heres ex asse, ex dodrante
- “dodrans”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dodrans”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin