[ad. Gr. ἀσσάριον, or L. assārius = as: see AS sb.] A Roman copper coin, translated by ‘farthing’ in Matt. x. 29. (Commonly used in L. or Gr. form.)
1727. Mather, Yng. Man’s Comp., 242. An Assary, or Farthing, Half-penny Farthing.
1872. O. W. Holmes, Poet Breakf.-t., iii. 93. I have no change, says he, but this assarion of Diocletian.
