English → Latin
“coin” in Latin
nummusa coin, piece of moneynummulusmoneymonētamint, a place for coining money; money, coinage; abbreviation of monētārius (“moneyer, minter”), in its various formsEutropiusFlavius Eutropius (Roman historian)cūdōto strike, beat, pound, knock; to stamp, coin (money)feriōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure; to cut, to thrust; to kill by striking, to slay, to give a deathpercutiōto strike, beat; to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock; to killsignōto mark, sign; to seal, stamp; to statuefingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangecōnfingōto form, fashion, fabricate; to invent, devise, feign, pretend
The English word coin itself goes back to Latin cuneus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
coin
(a) (a) a single piece, nummus: (b) several pieces, and in opposition to greater coin, nummuli: (c) in general, coined pieces of silver, etc., nummi. OBSERVE: moneta is unclassical; so, too, the Greek nomisma (νόμισμα) is not found in the prose of the Golden Age: copper coin, aes signatum: silver coin, argentum signatum; also argentum only [Vid: MONEY]: good coin, nummi boni: counterfait or bad coin, nummi adulterini: to issue bad coin (i. e., to be a cainer of bad money), pecunias vitiare (Eutropius, 9, 14); monetam adulterinam exercere (Ulp., Dig., 48, 13, 6, § 1); nummos adulterinos percutere (after Suet., Ner., 25): Illyrian coin, pecunia Illyriorum signo signata: heavy coin, aes grave: great and small coin. nummi omnis notae: to pay in the same coin, par pari respondere (as wall PROP., e.g., Cic., Att, 16, 7. 6, as figuratively or proverbially, in a bad sense in Ter., Phormio, 1, 4, 34): par pari referre (not pro pari, Vid: Bentl, Ter., Eunuchus, 3. 1, 55), or parem gratiam referre alicui (ibid., 4, 4, 51; both = “returning like for like,” in good and bad sense.): paria paribus respondere, (Cic., ad Attic., 6, 1, 22, with regard to words; i. e., to reply to the letter of A ticus in the same style): a collection of coins. *nummotheca: one that understandes coins (antiquary). *rei nummariae paritus: the science or knowledge of coins (numismatics), *nummorum doctrina: to lecture on coins, *de nummis praecipere: assay of coins, spectatio pecuniae (Cic., Verr., 3, 77, etc.) species of coin, genus nummorum (Cic., Verr., 3, 78. 181); also nummus only, if in the sense of coin, money in general: the same coin, (i. e., pieces of the same value; e.g., in paying back money), corpora nummorum eadem (Papinian, Dig., 16, 3, 24): to pay in Roman coin, ad denarium solvere (Cic., Q., 4, extr.)
coin v.
PROPRE., cudere: ferire: percutere; signare (to put on the stamp or impression): to coin asses which are to be only the sixth part of their former value, asses sextantario pondere ferire: one who coins base money, paracharactes (παραχαράκτης, Codex Theodosianus, 9, 21, 9); falsae monetae reus (ibid., as accused); monetam adulterinam exercere (Ulp., Dig., 48, 13, 6, §1): to coin base money, also (after Suet., Ner., 25) nummos adulterinos percutere [Vid :, also COINER]: forma (publica) percutere: forma signare: money coined inthe same mould, nummi una forma percussi (after Sen., Ep. 34, extr.): silver that has not been coind, argentum non signatum forma, sed rudi pondere (uncoined).
invent, fingere: confingere: comminisci: to coin anything against anybody, aflingere alicui aliquid: to coin new words, verba novare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for coin?
- The usual Latin words for “coin” are nummus, nummulus, monēta; also Eutropius, cūdō, feriō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.