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Peso
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Peso
The name of several currencies. The word originated as the Spanish term for a large, silver coin common in international trade in the 16th century. It is currently the name of currencies in several former colonies of Spain, particularly in Latin America. See also: Mexican peso.


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The Latin hemistich is from the Metamorphoses 1, 502 and the relevant passage (1, 497-502) reads: "Spectat inornatos collo pendere capillos / et "quid, si comantur?
 
 
 
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