Nomisma
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Nomisma (Template:Langx) was the ancient Greek word for "money" and is derived from nomos (Script error: No such module "Lang".) meaning "'anything assigned,' 'a usage,' 'custom,' 'law,' 'ordinance,' or 'that which is a habitual practice.'"[1]
The term nomos may also refer to an approximately 8 gram Achaean coin denomination.[2][3]
Other uses
In Modern Greek, the word nomisma means "currency".[4] It is also a term used by numismatists when referring to the pieces of money or coin in the plural nomismata an example of which is the Aes rude of Numa Pompilius (the 2nd King of Rome).[5]
See also
References
Citations
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- ^ The King James Version New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forum Ancient Coins". Forum Ancient Coins. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Greek, Lucania – 530 BC". ancientnomosart.org. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ Greek-English Lexicon
- ^ Pliny the Elder 77 A.C.E., book 34
Bibliography
- Ancient Greek-NOMISMA: "money", The King James Version (KJV) New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546 [1] Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS [1133b 1], translations: a) Thomas Taylor [2]; b) Sir (William) David Ross KBE [3]; c) Harris Rackham [4]
- Contemporatary Greek-NOMISMA: "currency"[5] Script error: No such module "webarchive".[6]
- Pliny the Elder, The Natural History,BOOK XXXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS. CHAP. 1. (1.)--THE ORES OF BRASS., Editions and translations: English (ed. John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley| Latin (ed. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff)[7]
