English → Latin
“coinage, coining” in Latin
fictiōfashioning, forming, formation; fictioncōnfictiōfabrication, inventionnummusa coin, piece of moneymonētamint, a place for coining money; money, coinage; abbreviation of monētārius (“moneyer, minter”), in its various formscommentīciusinvented, devised, fabricated; imaginary; fictitiouscomminīscorto devise, contrive, inventferiōto 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 kill
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
coinage, coining
res nummaris (whatever relates to it): to regulate the coinage, rem nummariam constituere: the standard of coinage, ratio aeraria: regulation concernibg the coinage, lex nummaria: right of coinage, *jus nummos cudendi, or feriendi, or percutiendi.
Money [Vid: COIN].
Invention, fiction, fictio (Quint.); confictio (Cic.).
Act of coining money, cusio monetalis (Codex Theodosianus, 11, 16, 18).
The coined money of a realm (collectively), *nummi forma (publica) percussi; or nummi only: moneta (Ov., Plin..)
Money coined at the same time (or of the same coinage), nummi una forma percussi (after Sen., Ep., 34, end). To be of the same coinage, una forma percussos (-as, -a) esse (Sen., Ep., 34, end, of actions cast in the same mould). FIG.,
pure intention, fictio (Quint., 9, 2, 20, etc.): confictio (Cic., Rosc. Am., 13, init.). The coinage of words, fictio nominum, vocum.
Thing coined, res ficta or commenticia; res ficta et commenticia: commentum. Avoid the late word, figmentum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for coinage, coining?
- The usual Latin words for “coinage, coining” are fictiō, cōnfictiō, nummus; also monēta, commentīcius, comminīscor. 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.