crumena

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Ancient Greek γρυμέα (gruméa, “bag or chest”) or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), like Latin scrūta (“rubbish”) and scrautum (“quiver”).^[1]

Noun

crumēna f (genitive crumēnae); first declension

1. purse around the neck for carrying money
2. (figuratively) the money itself

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	crumēna	crumēnae
genitive	crumēnae	crumēnārum
dative	crumēnae	crumēnīs
accusative	crumēnam	crumēnās
ablative	crumēnā	crumēnīs
vocative	crumēna	crumēnae

Synonyms

• saccus
• lūra
• bursa
• aluta

References

• “crumena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crumena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “crumena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crumena in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “crumena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “crumena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 294