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|lshtext=<b>nummus</b>: ([[thus]] written in the [[better]] MSS., others nūmus), i (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. usu. nummūm, [[but]] nummorum, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 115; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117; Hor. S. 2, 3, 149, etc.), m. from [[root]] [[νέμω]]; cf. [[numerus]], a [[piece]] of [[money]], a [[coin]], [[money]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: adulterini, [[counterfeit]] [[money]], Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91: adulterati, Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 1: aurei, Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 20: plumbei, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 11: [[argenteus]], Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 36: putat suos nummos vos comedisse, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25: habere in nummis, in [[ready]] [[money]], id. Off. 8, 10, 1; id. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 199; cf.: (hominem) non [[modo]] in aere [[alieno]] nullo, sed in suis nummis multis esse et [[semper]] fuisse, id. ib. 2, 4, 6, § 11; jactabatur [[enim]] temporibus illis [[nummus]] sic, ut [[nemo]] posset scire, [[quid]] haberet, the [[value]] of [[money]] fluctuated, id. Off. 3, 20, 80: [[asper]], i. e. not [[worn]] [[smooth]] by [[use]], Pers. 3, 69; cf. Sen. Ep. 19, 10: crescit [[amor]] nummi, Juv 14, 139.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A Roman [[silver]] [[coin]], called also [[nummus]] [[sestertius]], and [[simply]] [[sestertius]] (v. [[sestertius]]), a sesterce: eccos trīs nummos habes, Plaut. Men. 1, 4, 1: cogit Scandilium [[quinque]] [[illa]] milia nummum [[dare]] [[atque]] annumerare Apronio, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 61, § 140: binis milibus nummum, Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 8; cf. for the gen. nummūm, Cic. Or. 46, 156, and v. Ritschl, prol. p. 89; gen. nummorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 5; Suet. Aug. 46 fin.; id. Dom. 4 fin.; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167—With [[sestertius]], Liv. 8, 11: percipere [[mille]] nongentos [[quinquaginta]] sestertios nummos, Col. 3, 3, 9: sestertiis sescentis nummis, id. 3, 3, 9, § 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[like]] [[our]] [[farthing]], cent, to [[denote]] a [[very]] [[small]] [[sum]], a [[trifle]], [[low]] [[price]], etc.: assident, subducunt, ad nummum convenit, to a [[farthing]], to a cent, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12: [[ecquis]] est ex tanto [[populo]], qui bona C. Rabirii nummo sestertio sibi addici velit? at a [[farthing]]'s [[value]], id. Rab. Post. 17, 45; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55: quae maxima [[inter]] vos habentur, [[divitiae]], [[gratia]], [[potentia]], sestertio nummo aestimanda sunt, Sen. Ep. 95, 59: [[damnatus]] ... et sestertio nummo veniit, Liv. Epit. 55; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As a Greek [[coin]], [[two]] drachmae ([[only]] in Plaut.): [[illi]] sunt drachumis miseri; me [[nemo]] potest Minoris [[quisquam]] nummo, ut surgam, subigere, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 19: Me. Quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt [[sacres]] sinceri? Cy. Nummo, id. Men. 2, 2, 16; id. Ep. 1, 1, 52; id. Aul. 3, 2, 34.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nummus</b>, qqf. <b>nūmus</b>, ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> argent monnayé, monnaie, argent : Cic. Off. 3, 91 ; Phil. 12, 80 ; Att. 6, 1, 25 ; in multis [[esse]] nummis Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, avoir ses coffres pleins d’écus ; [[merces]] et nummi Hor. S. 1, 3, 88, intérêt et [[capital]]<br /><b>2</b> = [[sestertius]], sesterce [gén. pl. nummum] : Cic. Or. 156 ; Verr. 2, 3, 140 ; Plin. 17, 8<br /><b>3</b> petite somme, liard, sou, centime : ad nummum Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12, à un sou près ; [[nummus]] [[sestertius]] [même sens] Cic. Fin. 2, 55 ; Sen. Ep. 95, 59<br /><b>4</b> drachme [monnaie grecque] : Pl. Ps. 809 ; Men. 290.
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{{Georges
|georg=nummus (weniger [[gut]] nūmus), ī, m. ([[νοῦμμος]] od., [[wie]] Böckh will, νούμμος, tarentinisch u. sikelisch = [[νόμος]], die gesetzliche, gangbare [[Silbermünze]], 1½ attische Obolen an [[Wert]], s. Böckh Metrolog. Untersuch. S. 310 ff.), I) übh. [[Geld]], [[Münze]], [[nummus]] [[argenteus]], [[Varro]] fr. u. Vulg.: [[aureus]], Cic.: [[Philippeus]], s. [[Philippus]][[unter]] [[Philippus]]: [[nummus]] [[plumbeus]], s. [[plumbeus]]: [[nummus]] [[asper]], [[noch]] [[nicht]] abgegriffen, Suet.: nummi adulterini, Cic.: habere in nummis, Cic.: in [[suis]] nummis versari, [[esse]], Cic.: [[patrimonium]] in nummos redigere, zu [[Geld]] [[machen]], in [[Geld]] [[umsetzen]], Lact.: nummo, Plin. ep., od. nummis, ICt., [[für]] [[Geld]]. – nummi, [[Kapital]] (Ggstz. [[merces]], [[Zinsen]]), Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 3, 88. – II) insbes.: A) die zu Rom gangbarste u. [[bei]] [[Berechnung]] [[zugrunde]] gelegte [[Silbermünze]], der [[Sesterz]] ([[sonst]] [[sestertius]] [[gen]]., w. s.), [[ungefähr]] = 20 Pfennige, nummo sestertio, Cic.: [[quinque]] [[milia]] nummûm, Cic.: nummo [[uno]] venire (verkauft [[werden]]), [[Gaius]] inst. – übtr., [[fast]] sprichw., [[von]] [[einer]] [[Kleinigkeit]], [[wie]] [[wir]] [[sagen]], [[Groschen]], [[Nickel]], [[Pfennig]], [[Kreuzer]], si [[quid]] nummo sarciri potest, [[für]] eine [[Kleinigkeit]], Plaut.: ad nummum convenit, es traf [[auf]] den [[Groschen]] ([[Kreuzer]]) zu, Cic.: nummo (sestertio) alci addicere alqd, s. ad-dīco no. II, b. – B) [[als]] griech. [[Münze]], [[bald]] [[Drachme]], [[bald]] Didrachme (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 146), [[emere]] nummo, Plaut.: venire nummo, Plaut. – / Genet. Plur. gew. nummûm, [[selten]] nummorum, s. Brix Plaut. trin. 152. Georges [[Lexikon]] der lat. Wortf. S. 461.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=nummus nummi N M :: [[coin]]; [[cash]]; [[money]]; [[sesterce]]
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{{wkpen
|wketx=[[nummus|Nummus]] (Greek: νοῦμμος, noummos), plural nummi (νοῦμμοι) is a Latin term meaning "coin", but used technically by modern writers for a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity. It comes from the Greek nomos via its Western Doric form noummos, which was used to describe a coin in some parts of southern Italy. The word was also used during the later years of the Roman Republic and the early Empire, either as a general word for a coin, or to describe the sestertius, which was the standard unit for keeping accounts.
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{{wkpel
|wkeltx=O νούμμος ή νούμμιο, λατιν. [[nummus]] = χρήματα, ήταν το πιο μικρό χάλκινο ρωμαϊκό νόμισμα που κυκλοφόρησαν οι επίγονοι του Κωνσταντίνου Α΄ από το 337. Η λέξη προέρχεται από την ελληνική νόμος και στη δυτική δωρική διάλεκτο της Μεγάλης Ελλάδας νούμμος σήμαινε το νόμιμο βάρος, το νόμισμα. Στην περίοδο της ύστερης Δημοκρατίας και της πρώιμης Αυτοκρατορίας η λέξη χρησιμοποιόταν για να δηλώσει γενικά τα νομίσματα ή τους σηστέρτιους, τη βασική μονάδα λογαριασμών.
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