nummulus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

nummulus m (genitive nummulī); second declension

  1. (small amount of) money

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

References[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)