nummularius

Latin

Etymology

From nummulus +‎ -ārius (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /num.muˈlaː.ri.us/, [nʊmːʊˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /num.muˈla.ri.us/, [numːuˈläːrius]

Noun

nummulārius m (genitive nummulāriī or nummulārī); second declension

1. money changer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nummulārius	nummulāriī
Genitive	nummulāriī nummulārī1	nummulāriōrum
Dative	nummulāriō	nummulāriīs
Accusative	nummulārium	nummulāriōs
Ablative	nummulāriō	nummulāriīs
Vocative	nummulārie	nummulāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (money changer): argentārius

References

• “nummularius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nummularius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.