numisma
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
See numismatic and nomisma.
Related terms edit
See numismatics, and other derived and related terms there.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
See etymology subsection under English.
Noun edit
numisma (plural numismas)
Latin edit
Noun edit
numisma n (genitive numismatis); third declension
- Alternative form of nomisma
Declension edit
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 edit
- Portuguese: numisma
References edit
- “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 edit
Noun edit
numisma f (plural numismas)
Further reading edit
- “numisma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014