nummularius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nummularius, nummularia, nummularium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
of/related to the changing of foreign currency;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →nummularius, nummulari(i):
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
kind of small-change state banker; (to change foreign currency and test coins);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...toto; Hinc otiosus sordidam quatit mensam Neroniana nummularius massa, Illinc balucis malleator Hispanae Tritum nitenti fuste verberat saxum..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pessime, quod mihi iubent saepe anatinam parari; nummularius, qui per argentum aes videt. Nam mutae bestiae laboriosissimae boves..."
