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ter-uncĭus , ii, m. (sc. nummus) [uncia].
I. Lit., three twelfths of an as, a quarter - as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 174 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45.—
2. 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.—
II. Of inheritances, the fourth part: “Curius fecit palam te (heredem) ex libellā, me ex teruncio,Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.17.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 5.17.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 7.2.3
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.45
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.14
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