The corpus record — Latin

nomisma

nomisma · n

a piece of money, a coin

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Where it lives

Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

nŏmisma — Lewis & Short

nŏmisma (nŭm-), ătis (also num-misma, Ven. Vit. S. Martin. 2, 338), n., = no/misma,

I a piece of money, a coin (not ante-Aug.).

I Lit.

A In gen.: acceptos, regale nomisma, Philippos, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 234: largae nomismata mensae, Mart. 12, 62, 11: immensa nomismata, Ser. Samm. 28, 525.—

B In partic., a coin not in circulation, a medal, Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin.: nomismata aurea vel argentea vetera, ib. 7, 1, 28.—Esp., a medal or token given to the knights at the door of the theatre, and entitling the bearer to be served with wine: cum data sint equiti bis quina nomismata, quare bis deciens solus, Sextiliane, bibis? Mart. 1, 11, 1 sq.—*

II Transf., a stamp, an image on a coin: en Caesar agnoscit suum Nomisma nummis inditum, Prud. stef. 2, 95.

In the wild

nomisma Horace, Epistulae 2.1.234
nomisma Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.8.p3
nomisma Ausonius, Epistularum 16.19
nomisma Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 2.96
nomisma Ausonius, Epistularum 13.5

Where it came from

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