numerus

numerus

1. (grammar) grammatical number

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By rhotacism from Proto-Italic *nomezos, from , a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νέμω (némō, “to distribute”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman, “to take”), Latvian ņemt (“to take”) and Old Irish nem (“gift”).

The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.me.rus/, [ˈnʊ.mɛ.rʊs]

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numerus m (genitive numerī); second declension

1. number
2. collection, quantity
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.14:

     Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur.

     They are said there to learn by heart a great quantity of verses.

3. (figuratively) rank, position
4. (music) time, rhythm
5. (grammar) number

Second declension.

• nummus

• numerus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• numerus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• numerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• numerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • perfect in every detail: omnibus numeris absolutus (N. D. 2. 13)
    
  • arithmetic: numeri (-orum)
    
  • a master-piece of classical work: opus omnibus numeris absolutum
    
  • poetical rhythm: numerus poetice vinctus
    
  • the tune; rhythm: numerus, numeri
    
  • to make a speech rhythmical: numeris orationem astringere, vincire
    
  • to be regarded as a god: numerum deorum obtinere (N. D. 3. 20)
    
  • to deify a person: aliquem in deorum numerum referre, reponere
    
  • to place a person's name on the list of the proscribed: in proscriptorum numerum referre aliquem (Rosc. Am. 11. 32)
    
  • (ambiguous) to differ qualitatively not quantitatively: genere, non numero or magnitudine differre
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider as a god: aliquem in deorum numero referre
    
  • (ambiguous) an ordinary, average Roman citizen: unus e togatorum numero
    
  • (ambiguous) to erase a person's name from the list of the proscribed: e proscriptorum numero eximere aliquem
    
• numerus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• numerus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin