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English

Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|νόμισμα.

Pronunciation
IPA|/nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/

Noun
en-noun|nomismata

1. rare coinage|Coinage, a monetary system.
2. archaic A byzant.

#*1997, For a quarter-century after, this decline continued, to the point where six different nomismata, of as many metals, were in circulation. — John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium (Penguin 1998, p. 262)

Latin

Etymology
From AGr.|la polytonic|νόμισμα (nomisma) "current coin, custom" < polytonic|νομίζω (nomizo) "to hold or own as a custom, usage, to use customarily, practise, to be used to a thing", hence "to make common use of" < polytonic|νόμος (nomos) "usage, custom" < polytonic|νέμω (nemo) "to keep, to hold, to watch".

Noun
nomisma (genitive nomismatis); n, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin third declension|third declension

1. coin
2. image on a coin

See also
pecunia

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