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crumena

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Latin

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Etymology

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Maybe from Ancient Greek γρυμέα (gruméa, bag or chest) or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut), like Latin scrūta (rubbish) and scrautum (quiver).[1]

Noun

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crumēna f (genitive crumēnae); first declension

  1. purse around the neck for carrying money
  2. (figuratively) the money itself

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative crumēna crumēnae
genitive crumēnae crumēnārum
dative crumēnae crumēnīs
accusative crumēnam crumēnās
ablative crumēnā crumēnīs
vocative crumēna crumēnae

Synonyms

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References

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  • crumena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crumena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crumena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crumena in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • crumena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “crumena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 294