English

Noun

numisma ‎(plural numismata)

1. In modern usage, money or currency; rarely, coinage, especially as a means to control a monetary system (i.e., as coinage can mean a monetary system). Archaically, a byzant (specific gold coin). In ancient use, the current coin of a state.

Usage notes

See numismatic and nomisma.

Related terms

See numismatics, and other derived and related terms there.

See also

• pecunia

Interlingua

Etymology

See etymology subsection under English.

Noun

numisma ‎(plural numismas)

1. coin

Latin

Noun

numisma n ‎(genitive numismatis); third declension

1. Alternative form of nomisma

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Descendants

• Portuguese: numisma

References

• numisma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• NUMISMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “numisma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.