nummulus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnum.mu.lus/, [ˈnʊm.mʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

nummulus m (genitive nummulī); second declension

  1. (small amount of) money

Inflection

Second declension.

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