Definition of "quadrans" []

• A bronze coin of the Roman republic worth one quarter of an as. (noun)

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• "| The Greek word '' 'κοδραντης' '' referred to the Roman '' quadrans '', the smallest coin in the Roman coinage system."
• "One poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans."
• "He made his pile from an as, and would pick a quadrans out of a dunghill with his teeth, any old time."