- Original: ἀσσάριον - Transliteration: Assarion - Phonetic: as-sar'-ee-on - Definition: 1. an assarium or assarius, the name of a coin equal to the tenth part of a drachma - Origin: of Latin origin - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Of Latin origin; an assarius or as a Roman coin: - farthing.