numisma
English
Etymology
From Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, 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). Related to French numismatique. See numismatic and nomisma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /njuːˈmɪz.mə/
Noun
numisma (plural numismata)
- In modern usage, money or currency; rarely, coinage, especially as a means to control a monetary system (i.e., as coinage can mean a monetary system). Archaically, a byzant (specific gold coin). In ancient use, the current coin of a state.
Usage notes
See numismatic and nomisma.
Related terms
See numismatics, and other derived and related terms there.
See also
- pecunia
Anagrams
- Samnium
Interlingua
Etymology
See etymology subsection under English.
Noun
numisma (plural numismas)
- coin
Latin
Noun
numisma n (genitive numismatis); third declension
- Alternative form of nomisma
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | numisma | numismata |
| Genitive | numismatis | numismatum |
| Dative | numismatī | numismatibus |
| Accusative | numisma | numismata |
| Ablative | numismate | numismatibus |
| Vocative | numisma | numismata |
Descendants
- Portuguese: numisma
References
- “numisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- numisma 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)
- numisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Noun
numisma f (plural numismas)
- numisma
Further reading
- “numisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014