monetarius Latin · revision 9167

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=inscriptions|origins=la Monēta}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''monētārius''' (feminine monētāria, neuter monētārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[monēta]] “mint, money” with the suffix [[-ārius]], ⟨monēta⟩ comes from ⟨Iūnō Monēta⟩, at whose temple the Roman mint stood.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite inscriptions, as ''familia monētāria'' “the staff of the mint”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler's first source for the noun is the ''Historia Augusta'' (4th–5th century AD).^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it meant of the mint, of money, and as a noun a worker in a mint, a moneyer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant of money or coining, and as a noun a minter.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of a moneyer or mint, and of a counterfeiter's tools.^(DMLBS) Late Latin ''monētārius'' gave [[en|monetary]] in 1802, “pertaining to coinage or currency”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4th–5th century AD – The ''Historia Augusta'' uses the noun.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1802 – English ''monetary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the mint; [[m|en|monetary]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A mint worker, [[m|en|moneyer]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[monēta]]

+ * [[en|monetary]]

+ * [[en|money]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}