English[edit]

1. A Roman silver coin that weighed about 3.85 g (0.124 oz t) and hence would have a modern value of 74 cents. It bore a likeness of the head of Caesar and was “the head tax coin” exacted by the Romans from the Jews.
2. In its place, the Romans invented the denarius system, creating a monetary standardization that persisted for nearly half a millennium. 3 Page 141 The word denarius is a Latin adjective that means “of ten” or “containing ten.” 4 As a monetary unit, the denarius was originally a silver coin valued at 10 asses.
3. Denarius definition, a silver coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, first issued in the latter part of the 3rd century b.c., that fluctuated in value and sometimes appeared as a bronze coin.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latindēnārius. Doublet of dinar.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK)IPA^(key): /dɪˈnɑːɹɪəs/

Noun[edit]

denarius (pluraldenariiordenariuses)

1. (Ancient Rome) A small silvercoin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 146:

     'Sorry, I thought you were Aurel. He owes me a denarius. Have you seen him?'

Usage notes[edit]

• The usual plural is denarii, but denariuses is also well attested.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• Eridanus, unraised

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dēnī(“ten each”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Classical)IPA^(key): /deːˈnaː.ri.us/, [d̪eːˈnaː.ɾi.ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /deˈna.ri.us/, [d̪ɛˈnaː.ri.us]

Adjective[edit]

dēnārius (femininedēnāria, neuterdēnārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Containing or consisting of ten things

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun[edit]

dēnāriusm (genitivedēnāriīordēnārī); second declension

Denarius

1. denarius(due to a single coin's value of 10 asses each)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms[edit]

• 𐆖(the symbol for the denarius)

Descendants[edit]

• Arabic: دِينار‎ (dīnār)(borrowing through Syriac and Ancient Greek)
• Ancient Greek: δηνάριον(dēnárion)(borrowing, Koine and later)
• Aragonese: denario(borrowing), dinero
• Asturian: denariu(borrowing), dineru
• Catalan: denari(borrowing), diner
• Corsican: dinaru
• English: denier(through Old French), denar(through a South Slavic language), denary(borrowing through Middle English), dinar(through Arabic), denarius(direct borrowing)
• Esperanto: denaro(borrowing)
• French: dénaire(borrowing), denier
• Friulian: denâr

• Galician: denario(borrowing), diñeiro
• German: Denar(borrowing)
• Italian: denario(borrowing), denaro, danaro, danaio
• Mirandese: denheiro
• Old French: denier
• Old Portuguese: dĩeiro
• Polish: denar(borrowing)
• Portuguese: denário(borrowing), dinheiro

• Romanian: denar(borrowing), dinar(through Greek and South Slavic)
• Romansch: denar, daner
• Slovene: denar(borrowing)
• Sicilian: dinaru
• Spanish: denario(borrowing), dinero
• Venetian: danaro

References[edit]

• denarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• denarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• denarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• denarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • corn had gone up to 50 denarii the bushel: ad denariosL in singulos modios annona pervenerat
    
• denarius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• denarius in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

A denarius was a coin used in the Roman Empire. It was worth a laborer's daily wage. Older English versions use 'penny', 'pence', and 'pennyworth' to translate this coin. Newer version transliterate the Greek or use terms denoting a day's wage.

History

The smallest coin of the Roman coinage system after Augustus implemented reform was the copper as. The denarius was a silver coin originally representing a value of ten asses (not the animal!). By the first century AD, under these reforms, the value of a denarius had been increased to 16 asses. An as officially weighed about 3.9 grams, with a value in 2015 of about two cents ($ 0.02). This would, in absolute terms, give the denarius a value of about thirty-two cents ($ 0.32).

The Day's Wage^[1]

To teach a lesson about just who might be a citizen of the 'kingdom of heaven,' Jesus told the parable of laborers hired to harvest grapes. The owner of the vineyard went early in the morning to the local labor pool: able bodied men looking for work in the town square. He acquired their services for a denarius ('penny'). Historians verify the veracity of this wage in the first century AD. The landowner had need of more workers throughout the day, finally even hiring men to work for just one hour.

When it came time to pay the crew, the landowner paid the last first: a full denarius each! When the men that had agreed to work for a denarius screamed 'foul.' The landowner reminded them of their agreement, and sent them on their way with a denarius. He further reminded them that it was up to him to decide what was 'fair.' The point was that the choice of who comes into the vineyard was the owners alone. The value of each of those he chose was equal in his sight.

Caesar's Image

Denarius Define

Authorized coinage demonstrates that the authority who makes the coin has legitimate claim upon that coinage. For this reason, there were 'bankers' at the temple to convert Greek and Roman coins into coins minted under the authority of the priesthood. These money changers were notorious for the rates they charged.^[2]

When Jesus was faced with the dilemma concerning paying taxes to the government of Rome, he asked for a coin.^[3] The coin brought to Jesus, for he apparently did not carry money, was a denarius. The coin was the authorized silver coin equal to the value of the drachma of the Greeks. The standard temple shekel was worth four denaria.

Jesus pointed out that there was an image stamped on the coin. He asked his challengers whose image was on the coin. It was that of the emperor, Tiberius Caesar. This answered the question: pay your taxes that are due to the authority behind the coinage. That which belongs to the government is to be used to pay the government.^[4]

Roman Denarius Coin

Verses

1. ↑Matt. 20:1-16 (Link)
2. ↑John 2:14; Matt. 21:12 (Link)
3. ↑Matt. 22:17 (Link)
4. ↑Matt. 22:21 (Link)

Value Of A Denarius