numerus

From Latin numerus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnumerus/, [ˈnume̞rus̠]
• Rhymes: -umerus
• Syllabification^(key): nu‧me‧rus

numerus

1. (grammar) grammatical number

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By rhotacism from Proto-Italic *nomezos, from 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/, [ˈnʊmɛrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.me.rus/, [ˈnuːmerus]

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numerus m (genitive numerī); second declension

1. number

   inire numerum/rationem ― to count

2. collection, quantity
   • 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

   in numerō habēre ― to rank

4. (music) time, rhythm
5. (grammar) number

Second-declension noun.

Borrowings

Unsorted borrowings

• 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Borrowed from Latin numerus.

numerus n

1. (grammar) number (the state of being singular or plural as shown by inflection)

• numerus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• numerus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• numerus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)