nummulus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom nummus (“piece of money”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnum.mu.lus/, [ˈnʊmːʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnum.mu.lus/, [ˈnumːulus]
Noun
editnummulus m (genitive nummulī); second declension
- (small amount of) money
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nummulus | nummulī |
Genitive | nummulī | nummulōrum |
Dative | nummulō | nummulīs |
Accusative | nummulum | nummulōs |
Ablative | nummulō | nummulīs |
Vocative | nummule | nummulī |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “nummulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nummulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nummulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- for a trifle, a beggarly pittance: nummulis acceptis (Att. 1. 16. 6)
- for a trifle, a beggarly pittance: nummulis acceptis (Att. 1. 16. 6)