νόμισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from νομίζω (nomízō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

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

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, 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

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