‖ triens
(ˈtraɪɛnz)
Pl. trientes (traɪˈɛntiːz).
[L., = third part.]
The third part of anything; spec. in Rom. Antiq. a copper coin worth one-third of the as; also in later times, a gold coin, one-third of the aureus: cf. next.
| 1601 Holland Pliny xxxiv. xiii. II. 513 The Servilij..have among them a certaine peece of brasse coine called a Triens (i. the third part of a Romane Asse) which they doe keepe and feed with silver and gold... I will set downe..the verie words of old Messala: The house (quoth he) of the Servilij hath a certaine sacred Trient. 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Triens, the third part of a physical Pound. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Triens (Lat.), the third part of the Roman Pound, or Coin call'd As, weighing four Ounces: Or the third of any entire Thing divisible into twelve Parts. |