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R / rauduscŭlum
noun

rauduscŭlum

gen. rauduscŭli · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
( and ), , dim. raudus.
A little piece of brass
A little piece of brass used as a coin (an old word): in mancipando cum dicitur: Rudusculo libram ferito, asse tangitur libra, Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.; v. raudus.— Hence,
a small sum of money by extension •
Transf., a small sum of money: de raudusculo Numeriano multum te amo, in regard to that little debt of Numerius, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 7: de raudusculo quod scribis, id. ib. 4, 8, a, § 1.
Perseus ID: n40480 Key: raudusculum