nummulus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From nummus (“piece of money”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnʊm.mʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnum.mu.lus]
Noun
nummulus m (genitive nummulī); second declension
- (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
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)
- for a trifle, a beggarly pittance: nummulis acceptis (Att. 1. 16. 6)