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riiy Officers of the Mint. /Erarii Milites , Soldiers that served forpay. b Æruscare , Æruscatores, those who got money by scanda-lous ways. c Adœrare , to set a price upon a thing. d Obœratus, op-presi’d with debt.

Argentum, Silver, was used after the fame manner for money hrgeneral, tho’ not so frequently. Argenti fids & fames , a desire:of money, or covetousness. Argentum consumere 3 to spend money.Argento aliquem circumvenire , to cheat. e Argentum locare fœnari , tolay out money at interest. Argentariam facere } to be an Usurer..Argentariam dijfofoere , to go off the Exchange, or to leave off be-ing an Usurer. f Argentum præsentarium , ready money.

Aurum or Gold is used after the seme manner. z Auri sacra fa-mes 3 desire of Riches. Vendidit hie auro patriam, a corrupt Rasealthat fold his country for Gold or money. The English seldomuse Silver, but often Gold, for money in general.

h The Greeks used yyihxbg and yaXxiw for money in general.GLyctTuLog without money: to be poor. 1 to

play for money at even and odd. k Meretrix, &c.

’Aeyvgiov is used in the seme sense by the Greeks for ageneralappellation of money. Vo q cl%yv%iov xolAhtcu ^n^LOLTCL net] vo-fjLtirfjCctTcij that is, Money and Riches are called d^yvziov- m Acyv-goKoyeiv to collect: money. ’Agyv^oKoyogj a. Collector ofTaxes, &c.

Xgvirog is used in the seme sense; n a^varoh for poor, or desti-tute of money .

Nahusy Kefeph and Zahaw amongst the Hebrews signify moneyin general; only Kefeph when joined to a number signifies a pieceof Silver of a certain value: of which there are innumerable Ex-amples in the Scripture. Those who are skill’d in the Hebrewtongue fay that there are a great number of words in that Lan-guage to signify Gold.

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b Feftus Pompeius. c In Cod. lib. n.dJUvius & Cæsar. « Cicero in Verrem.f Plautus. g Virgilius. h Hesychiusin voce7#7« c m H W apyvtiv iteyoy.

r Apud Pollucem. k Apud Josephum. 1 Pol-lux lib. Z. “Thucyd. Hist. rz, 8. » PlL°

to Ub. z. de Legibus.