Definition of "lepta" [lepta]

• Plural form of lepton. (coin) (noun)

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• "And many rich men cast in much; [12: 42] and one poor widow came and cast in two lepta, which is a quadrans [4 mills]."
• "There were the Sophists, who, for one lepta, would persuade you that A equals B — and then for a drachma would be happy to convince you that what they just taught you was false."
• "[813] An allusion to the proverb [Greek: Opse Theôu aleousi myloi, aleousi de lepta]."