pustulatum

Latin

Alternative forms

• pusulatum, PS

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pus.tuˈlaː.tum/, [pʊs̠t̪ʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pus.tuˈla.tum/, [pust̪uˈläːt̪um]

Adjective

pustulātum

1. inflection of pustulātus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular
   • Suetonius, Nero, Ch. 44, sect. 2:

     ... nummum asperum, argentum pustulatum, aurum ad obrussam ...

Noun

pustulātum n (genitive pustulātī); second declension

1. (money) pure silver, refined silver, cupellated silver
   • Martial, Book VII, Ep. 86, ll. 6–7:

     ...Nulla venit a me
     Hispani tibi libra pustulati...

   • 4th century coinage mint marks:

     MDPS [Mediolani pustulatum]

     MDPS [pure silver, Milan mint]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	pustulātum
genitive	pustulātī
dative	pustulātō
accusative	pustulātum
ablative	pustulātō
vocative	pustulātum

Hypernyms

• argentum (silver)

References

• Arthur Evans, "Notes on the Coinage and Silver Currency in Roman Britain from Valentinian I to Constantine III", The Numismatic Chronicle..., 4th Ser., Vol. 15 (1915), p. 497.