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nummus

nummus noun: any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.

Noun

nummus (plural nummi)

  1. (historical) Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.

Forms of nummus

pluralnummi

Origin of nummus

Borrowed from Latin nummus. Doublet of luma.

Questions about nummus

What does nummus mean?
Nummus means any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.
What part of speech is nummus?
Nummus is a noun.
What is the plural of nummus?
The plural of nummus is nummi.

Words near nummus in the dictionary

  1. nummulites
  2. nummulitic
  3. nummulitid
  4. nummulitids
  5. nummulitoid
  6. nummus
  7. nummy
  8. numna
  9. numnah
  10. numnahs
  11. numnas

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