Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
lepton .
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- noun Plural form of
lepton . (coin)
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Examples
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And many rich men cast in much; [12: 42] and one poor widow came and cast in two lepta, which is a quadrans [4 mills].
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There were the Sophists, who, for one lepta, would persuade you that A equals B — and then for a drachma would be happy to convince you that what they just taught you was false.
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There were the Sophists, who, for one lepta, would persuade you that A equals B — and then for a drachma would be happy to convince you that what they just taught you was false.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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[813] An allusion to the proverb [Greek: Opse Theôu aleousi myloi, aleousi de lepta].
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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Greece, drachm and lepta; in Roumania, lei and bani: in Servia, dinar and para; in Spain, peseta and centesimo; but in all cases the value is the same.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta
The World English Bible (WEB): Anonymous
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Greek piece of fifty lepta very manifestly of lead.
The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc 1911
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Then Dirmikis accepted two ten-lepta pieces and picked up the quail.
In the Wilderness Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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[21: 2] And he saw also a certain poor widow cast in there two lepta [4 mills].
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H trelh tou Koridalou 3anaxtupa lol: p Stamataei ta autokinita kai deixnei ta vuzia ths stous odhgous kai meta apo merika lepta feugei -.
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