nummulus

Latin

Etymology

From nummus (“piece of money”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnum.mu.lus/, [ˈnʊmːʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

Noun

nummulus m (genitive nummulī); second declension

  1. (small amount of) money

Declension

Second-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

References
  • “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • for a trifle, a beggarly pittance: nummulis acceptis (Att. 1. 16. 6)
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