English

Noun

nomisma ‎(plural nomismata)

1. money^[2] or currency (modern).
2. coinage, esp. with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).^[2]
3. current coin of a state (ancient).
4. (rare) Coinage, a monetary system.
5. (archaic) A byzant.^[2]
6. 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

1. ↑ Douglas Harper (2015). "Numismatic," in Online Etymology Dictionary, Lancaster, PA, USA: EtymOnline.com, see , accessed 16 December 2015.
2. 1 2 3 4 5 OUP (2015). "Nomisma," in Oxford Dictionaries (online), Oxford, ENG: Oxford University Press, see , accessed 16 December 2015.
3. ↑ 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/, [nɔˈmɪs.ma]

Noun

nomisma n ‎(genitive nomismatis); third declension

1. coin; coinage

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

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, 1883–1887)