νόμισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”) +‎ -μα (-ma, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nó.miz.ma/ → /ˈno.miz.ma/ → /ˈno.miz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.miz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.miz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.miz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.miz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.miz.ma/

Noun

νόμῐσμᾰ • (nómisma) n (genitive νομῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is sanctioned by usage
   1. custom
   2. an institution
2. a current coin, money

   Synonym: κέρμᾰ (kérma)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νόμῐσμᾰ; τοῦ νομῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νόμῐσμᾰ tò nómisma	τὼ νομῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ nomísmate	τᾰ̀ νομῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà nomísmata
Genitive	τοῦ νομῐ́σμᾰτος toû nomísmatos	τοῖν νομῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn nomismátoin	τῶν νομῐσμᾰ́των tôn nomismátōn
Dative	τῷ νομῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi nomísmati	τοῖν νομῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn nomismátoin	τοῖς νομῐ́σμᾰσῐ / νομῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs nomísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νόμῐσμᾰ tò nómisma	τὼ νομῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ nomísmate	τᾰ̀ νομῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà nomísmata
Vocative	νόμῐσμᾰ nómisma	νομῐ́σμᾰτε nomísmate	νομῐ́σμᾰτᾰ nomísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: νόμισμα n (nómisma)
• → Latin: nomisma

References

• “νόμισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νόμισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νόμισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cash idem, page 116.
  • circulation idem, page 132.
  • coinage idem, page 142.
  • currency idem, page 190.
  • custom idem, page 191.
  • habit idem, page 380.
  • medium idem, page 522.
  • minted money idem, page 532.
  • money idem, page 539.
  • practice idem, page 631.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “money, the current coin of a state, custom”), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to hold or own as a custom, usage, to use customarily, practise, to be used to a thing”), hence "to make common use of", from νόμος (nómos, “anything assigned, a usage, custom, law, ordinance”), from νέμω (némō, “to keep, to hold, to watch”).

Noun

νόμισμα • (nómisma) n (plural νομίσματα)

1. a coin
2. the basic currency of a country
3. nomisma
4. money circulating in the form of notes and coin

Declension

Declension of νόμισμα

	singular	plural
nominative	νόμισμα •	νομίσματα •
genitive	νομίσματος •	νομισμάτων •
accusative	νόμισμα •	νομίσματα •
vocative	νόμισμα •	νομίσματα •

Synonyms

• (coin): κέρμα n (kérma)

Coordinate terms

• see: χρήμα n (chríma, “capital, assets”)

Related terms

• νομισματικός (nomismatikós, “numismatic”, adj)

Further reading

• Νόμισμα (Κέρμα) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el