nummulus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnum.mu.lus/, [ˈnumːulus]

Noun

nummulus m (genitive nummulī); second declension

1. (small amount of) money

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nummulus	nummulī
genitive	nummulī	nummulōrum
dative	nummulō	nummulīs
accusative	nummulum	nummulōs
ablative	nummulō	nummulīs
vocative	nummule	nummulī

Derived terms

• nummulāris
• nummulārius

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