Questions tagged [money]
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What does "ob" mean in a money context?
"Ob" appears as a sum of money in a property list of 1598, written in Latin with lots of abbreviations.
What does it mean in this context?
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How would you say, "open financial system"?
I've tried a few angles of how this could be represented, but they all feel clunky or implying other meaning.
Iustus pecunia was the first, focusing on justice and fairness
Pecunia liber seems promising driving toward liberty, but makes me feel…
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When is the genitive used for money rather than the ablative?
In some exercises I am doing, there are the following sentences:
Haec stola octo milibus nongentis nummorum Iaponensium constat.
Caro octigentis nummis Iaponensibus constat.
I don't understand why the units of money should be in the genitive in…
Tyler Durden
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