coin (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. cūdo, di, sum, 32. signo, 1 (strictly to stamp)3. fĕrio, percussi, percussum, fĕrire (as we say to strike)II. To invent (a story, etc.) • coin (v.): I. Lit.: of money: 1. cūdo, di, sum, 3: to c. silver, argentum c., Ter.: to c. leaden money, plumbeos numos c., Pl. 2. signo, 1 (strictly to stamp): to c. copper, silver, or gold by public authority, aes, argentum, aurumve publice s., Liv.: by stips they meant c.'d money, stipem dicebant pecuniam signatam, Fest.: Plin. 3. fĕrio, percussi, percussum, fĕrire (as we say to strike): to c. asses of one-sixth weight., asses sextantario pondere f., Plin. Suet. "Hinc illa in veteribus numis et lapidibus, Triumvir A. A. A. F. F., i. e. auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo:" Forc. s. v. Phr.: to c. bad money, monetam adulterinam exercere, Ulp. (implying to be in the practice of coining): or simply numos adulterinos cudere, ferire, signare: v. supr. II. To invent (a story, etc.): commĭniscor, fingo: v. TO FABRICATE. Phr.: to c. words, verba novare et facere, Cic.; verba fingere non prius audita, cf. Hor. A. P. 50: a word c.'d in the mint of to-day, i. e. of present or ready currency, signatum praesenti nota nomen, ib. 59.