"nummus" meaning in All languages combined

See nummus on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: nummi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nummus. Doublet of luma. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{bor|en|la|nummus}} Latin nummus, {{doublet|en|luma}} Doublet of luma Head templates: {{en-noun|nummi}} nummus (plural nummi)
  1. (historical) Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-nummus-en-noun-p62JEN5Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈnʊm.mʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈnum.mus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Doric Greek νοῦμμος (noûmmos), a cognate of Attic Greek νόμος (nómos). Compare with numerus, from the same root. Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|grc-dor|νοῦμμος}} Borrowed from Doric Greek νοῦμμος (noûmmos), {{m+|grc-att|νόμος}} Attic Greek νόμος (nómos) Head templates: {{la-noun|nummus<2>}} nummus m (genitive nummī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|nummus<2.genplum>}} Forms: nummī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], nummus [nominative, singular], nummī [nominative, plural], nummī [genitive, singular], nummōrum [genitive, plural], nummum [genitive, plural], nummō [dative, singular], nummīs [dative, plural], nummum [accusative, singular], nummōs [accusative, plural], nummō [ablative, singular], nummīs [ablative, plural], numme [singular, vocative], nummī [plural, vocative], nūmus [alternative]
  1. a coin, piece of money Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: nummārius, nummātus, nummī adulterīnī, nummulāriolus, nummulārius, nummulus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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