numerus

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(declension-2, masculine) number
(declension-2, masculine) Roman military unit
(declension-2, masculine) collection, quantity
(declension-2, figuratively, masculine) rank, position
(declension-2, masculine) time, rhythm
(declension-2, masculine) number

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnʊ.mɛ.rʊs]

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).