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nummus

nummus

English

Noun

nummus (plural nummi)

  1. (historical) Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.

Latin

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Etymology

From νοῦμμος (noûmmos), Doric version of Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Confer with numerus, from the same root.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnum.mus/, [ˈnʊm.mʊs]

Noun

nummus m (genitive nummī); second declension

  1. a coin, piece of money

Usage notes

Some works ascribe this name to a particular Roman coin, such as the sesterce, but it is unclear which coin was ever known by this name in Latin.

Inflection

  • The expected form for the genitive plural nummōrum is often written nummum instead in Classical Latin.

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nummus nummī
genitive nummī nummōrum
dative nummō nummīs
accusative nummum nummōs
ablative nummō nummīs
vocative numme nummī

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