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nomisma

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).

Per Oxford Dictionary, the Online Etymology Dictionary, and Merriam Webster, money or currency, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), for current money, coin, usage, lit. "what has been sanctioned by custom or use," from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”), itself from νόμος (nómos), usage or custom, omitting -ίζειν) and adding -ισμα.[1][2][3]

Related to French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, as noted, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).

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Noun

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nomisma (plural nomismata or nomismas)

  1. Money[2] or currency (modern).
  2. Coinage, especially with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).[2]
  3. Current coin of a state (ancient).
  4. (rare) Coinage, a monetary system.
  5. (historical) A byzant.[2]
    • 2022, Vladimir Penchev, “What the coins from the Preslav treasure can tell us about the social status of its owner”, in Contributions to Bulgarian Archaeology, volume XII, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70:
      The silver miliarensia from that era were minted exclusively for propaganda purposes, and in smaller amounts than the gold coins (nomismas) and the copper alloy coins (folles). They were practically not used in circulation, although in theory twelve miliarensia were equal in value to a gold nomisma.
  6. A stamp, an image on a coin.

Usage notes

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  • Per Oxford Dictionary, earliest use by William Camden, so early 17th century.[2]
  • 1997, John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium, Penguin, published 1998, page 262:
    For a quarter-century after, this decline continued, to the point where six different nomismata, of as many metals, were in circulation.
  • Prud. στεφ. 2, 95 Archimedes Project, Harvard University
    en Caesar agnoscit suum Nomisma nummis inditum
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See numismatics (via numisma), and other derived and related terms there.

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “numismatic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 OUP (2015). "Nomisma," in Oxford Dictionaries (online), Oxford, ENG: Oxford University Press, see [1], accessed 16 December 2015.
  3. ^ MerriamWebster (2015). "Numismatic," in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (online), 11th edn. (F.C. Mish, Ed.), Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster.com, see [2], accessed 16 December 2015.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “coin; currency”).

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Noun

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nomisma n (genitive nomismatis); third declension

  1. coin; coinage

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nomisma nomismata
Genitive nomismatis nomismatum
Dative nomismatī nomismatibus
Accusative nomisma nomismata
Ablative nomismate nomismatibus
Vocative nomisma nomismata

References

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  • “nomisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nomisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nomisma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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