Bacus
Definition
An archaic or regional name historically attested for an old silver coin, a commercial token, or a type of symbolic rod utilized in specific medieval rituals or guilds. In a documentary sense, the term appears rarely within old inventories of goods and Transylvanian manuscripts to describe elongated marking objects or low-value exchange units.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Bacus
- Medieval token
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Masculine noun with regular plural and case endings. |
| Formation | Archaic naming variant potentially adapted from Latin 'baculus' or an old Germanic trade term within regional vernaculars. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ˈba.kus] |
| Source | Lexicon of Historical Documents, Archaic Currencies, and Medieval Material Culture |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În hrisovul domnesc de la curte se menționa plata unei taxe exprimate în piese de tip bacus.
EN: In the royal charter from the court, the payment of a tax expressed in bacus-type pieces was mentioned.
RO: Arheologii au descoperit un bacus de metal în incinta fostului atelier medieval, folosit probabil ca semn de breaslă.
EN: Archaeologists discovered a metal bacus inside the former medieval workshop, probably used as a guild sign.
RO: Acest bacus ciudat apare descris în inventarul bisericesc ca fiind un sceptru de lemn placat cu alamă.
EN: This strange bacus appears described within the church inventory as being a wooden sceptre plated with brass.
Idioms & Phrases
Piesă de bacus / Bacus piece / historical token
RO: Artefact metalic de dimensiuni mici identificat în siturile istorice, utilizat în tranzacțiile locale din trecut.
EN: A small-sized metallic artifact identified within historical sites, utilized in local transactions of the past.
Bacus de breaslă / Guild bacus / symbolic guild rod
RO: Baston ornamental purtat de logofătul unei asociații de meșteșugari ca însemn al autorității sale delegate.
EN: An ornamental rod carried by the leader of a craftsmen association as a token of his delegated authority.
Plată în bacus / Payment in bacus
RO: Formă arhaică de schimb comercial realizată prin intermediul unor jetoane valorice recunoscute doar pe un teritoriu limitat.
EN: An archaic form of commercial exchange carried out through value tokens recognized only within a limited territory.
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