nomisma
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nomisma
- /nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”) + -μα (-ma, “nominal suffix”), from νόμος (nómos, “custom”) + -ίζω (-ízō, denominative verb suffix), from νέμω (némō, “to distribute”) + -ος (-os).
Related to French numismatique, Latin numismat- + -ique, variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).
noun nomismata · nomismas
- Money or currency (modern).
- Coinage, especially with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).
- Current coin of a state (ancient).
- Coinage, a monetary system.
- A byzant. The silver miliarensia from that era were minted exclusively for propaganda purposes, and in smaller amounts than the gold coins (nomismas) and the copper alloy coins (folles). They were practically not used in circulation, although in theory twelve miliarensia were equal in value to a gold nomisma.
- A stamp, an image on a coin.
