nummarius Latin · revision 33328

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 180–102 BC, Lucilius|origins=grc νοῦμμος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [nʊmˈmaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [numˈmaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nummārius''' (feminine nummāria, neuter nummārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Some manuscripts have ''nūmārius''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nummus|-ārius|t1=coin]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|nummus]] is related, at least ultimately, to [[grc|νόμος|tr=nómos|t=custom, law]], its first meaning being the regular unit of currency;^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary takes it from the Doric form [[m|grc|νοῦμμος|tr=noûmmos]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucilius and Novius.^(Köbler 2010) Lucilius uses it of a man who can be bought, and Novius has a money chest, ''arcam nummariam''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means of or relating to coins, and ''rēs nummāria'' is the currency;^(OLD 2012) more widely it is financial or pecuniary, as Cicero's man in the greatest money difficulty and his money box, ''thēca nummāria''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons it means capable of being bribed, venal.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In Church Latin it is of money, venal or mercenary.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius, of a venal man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century BC – Novius, of a money chest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of money difficulties and a money box.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|coin|alt=coins]] or money;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''rēs nummāria'', the [[m|en|currency]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|financial|alt=Financial]], pecuniary.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # That can be bribed, [[m|en|venal]], mercenary.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nummus]]

+ * [[nummulārius]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}