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centēsĭmus , a, um,
I.num. ordin. [centum], the hundredth: “pars,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 166: “lux ab interitu Clodii,” Cic. Mil. 35, 98 al.—
B. Subst.: centēsĭma , ae, f. (sc. pars), the hundredth part of a thing, as a revenue, tax, a percentage: “rerum venalium,” Tac. A. 1, 78; cf. id. ib. 2, 42.—And of interest, 1 per cent. monthly; “therefore, acc. to our manner of computing interest, 12 per cent. annually,” Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11 sq.; Sen. Ben. 7, 10: “binae,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165.—
II. For centuplex, a hundredfold: “frux,” Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24: “grano,” id. 18, 16, 40, § 141; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.21.11
    • Cicero, For Milo, 35.98
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.165
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.78
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.24
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 7.10
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