monetarius

Forms

monētārius (feminine monētāria, neuter monētārium); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from monēta “mint, money” with the suffix -ārius, ⟨monēta⟩ comes from ⟨Iūnō Monēta⟩, at whose temple the Roman mint stood.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite inscriptions, as familia monētāria “the staff of the mint”.^[4][5] Köbler's first source for the noun is the Historia Augusta (4th–5th century AD).^[6]

Semantic evolution

As an adjective it meant of the mint, of money, and as a noun a worker in a mint, a moneyer.^[2][4][5]

In Medieval Latin it meant of money or coining, and as a noun a minter.^[7] British Medieval Latin used it of a moneyer or mint, and of a counterfeiter's tools.^[8] Late Latin monētārius gave English monetary in 1802, “pertaining to coinage or currency”.^[3]

Timeline

• 4th–5th century AD – The Historia Augusta uses the noun.^[6]
• 1802 – English monetary is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Of the mint; monetary.^[4][5]

Noun

1. A mint worker, moneyer.^[2]

Related words

• monēta
• English monetary
• English money

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
8. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press