Definitions for quadrans

quadrans quad·rans

Spelling: [kwod-ranz]
IPA: /ˈkwɒd rænz/

Quadrans is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in quadrans (aadnqrsu).

Definitions for quadrans

noun

  1. a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the fourth part of an as.

Origin of quadrans

From the Latin word quadrāns literally, fourth part

Examples for quadrans

As for the price exacted, it ranged from a quadrans to a very high figure.

He made his pile from an as, and would pick a quadrans out of a dunghill with his teeth, any old time.

Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.

A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.

Lepta are very small, brass, Jewish coins worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.

It was two of these that the widow cast into the treasury, Mark 12:42, where it is said that two of them equaled a quadrans.

quadrans, kwod′ranz, n. a Roman copper coin, the fourth part of the as:—pl.

Word Value for quadrans
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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