crŭmēna (crŭmīna), ae, f. [for scrumena; root scru-, of scrutor, scrotum], a small money-purse or bag (usually hanging from the neck).
I Prop., Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 7 sq.; id. As. 3, 3, 63; 3, 3, 71; id. Ps. 1, 2, 37.—
II Transf., like our purse , for money : non deficiente crumenā, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 11; Juv. 11, 38.