noun

ter-uncĭus

gen. ter-uncii · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(sc. nummus) [uncia].

three twelfths of an; a quarter

Lit., three twelfths of an as, a quarter - as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 174 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45.—

a trifle; not a farthing; not a cent by extension •

Transf., a trifle: sic in provinciā nos gerimus, ut nullus teruncius insumatur in quemquam, i. q. not a farthing, not a cent, Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2; 6, 2, 4; id. Fam. 2, 17, 4; id. Fin. 3, 14, 45: non jam teruncii faciunt, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 17; App. Mag. p. 323, 14.—

the fourth part •

Of inheritances, the fourth part: Curius fecit palam te (heredem) ex libellā, me ex teruncio, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3.

Perseus ID: n47948 Key: teruncius