nummularius

Latin

Etymology

From nummulus +‎ -ārius (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nʊm.mʊˈɫaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [num.muˈlaː.ri.us]

Noun

nummulārius m (genitive nummulāriī or nummulārī); second declension

1. money changer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nummulārius	nummulāriī
genitive	nummulāriī nummulārī1	nummulāriōrum
dative	nummulāriō	nummulāriīs
accusative	nummulārium	nummulāriōs
ablative	nummulāriō	nummulāriīs
vocative	nummulārie	nummulāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (money changer): argentārius

References

• “nummularius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nummularius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.