nomisma
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).
Per Oxford Dictionary, the Online Etymology Dictionary, and Merriam Webster, money or currency, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), for current money, coin, usage, lit. "what has been sanctioned by custom or use," from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”), itself from νόμος (nómos), usage or custom, omitting -ίζειν) and adding -ισμα.[1][2][3]
Related to French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, as noted, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/
Noun
nomisma (plural nomismata)
- money[2] or currency (modern).
- coinage, esp. with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).[2]
- current coin of a state (ancient).
- (rare) Coinage, a monetary system.
- (archaic) A byzant.[2]
- A stamp, an image on a coin.
Usage notes
- Per Oxford Dictionary, earliest use by William Camden, so early 17th century.[2]
- 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin 1998, p. 262
- For a quarter-century after, this decline continued, to the point where six different nomismata, of as many metals, were in circulation.
- Prud. στεφ. 2, 95 Archimedes Project, Harvard University
- en Caesar agnoscit suum Nomisma nummis inditum
Related terms
See numismatics (via numisma), and other derived and related terms there.
See also
- pecunia
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “numismatic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- OUP (2015). "Nomisma," in Oxford Dictionaries (online), Oxford, ENG: Oxford University Press, see , accessed 16 December 2015.
- MerriamWebster (2015). "Numismatic," in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (online), 11th edn. (F.C. Mish, Ed.), Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster.com, see , accessed 16 December 2015.
Latin
Alternative forms
- numisma
- nummisma
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “coin; currency”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /noˈmis.ma/, [nɔˈmɪs̠mä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈmis.ma/, [noˈmizmä]
Noun
nomisma n (genitive nomismatis); third declension
- coin; coinage
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nomisma | nomismata |
Genitive | nomismatis | nomismatum |
Dative | nomismatī | nomismatibus |
Accusative | nomisma | nomismata |
Ablative | nomismate | nomismatibus |
Vocative | nomisma | nomismata |
References
- “nomisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nomisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nomisma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)