Mŏnēta (noun F) : (archaic
* Gen. Monetas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. moneo.
* The mother of the Muses, a transl. of the Gr. Μνημοσύνη: Μνημοσύνη Moneta, Gloss. Philox.; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; Hyg. Fab. praef.: filia Monetas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.
* A surname of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined: cum terrae motus factus esset, Ut sue plena procuratio fieret, vocem ab aede Junonis ex arce exstitisse; quocirca Junonem illam appellatam Monetam,Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; cf. id. Phil. 7, 1, 1; Liv. 7, 28, 4; Ov. F. 1, 638; 6, 183; Val. Max. 1, 8, 3; Lact. 2, 7, 11: ubi nunc aedes atque officina Monetae est,Liv. 6, 20, 13.
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* The place for coining money, the mint: ad Philotimum scripsi de viatico, sive a moneta, sive ab Oppiis, i. e. taken from the mint or borrowed from the Oppian usurers, Cic. Att. 8, 7, 3; Sid. Carm. 23, 41: monetae officinator,master of the mint,Inscr. Orell. 3227: monetae aequator,ib. 3228.
* Coined money, coin, money (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): victaque concedit prisca moneta novae,Ov. F. 1, 222: nigrae, i. e. aereae,Mart. 1, 100, 13; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 1: falsam monetam percussisse,id. ib. 5, 12, 12: probata,Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.
* A stamp or die for coining money: a novā monetā,of a new stamp,Mart. 12, 55, 8.—Hence, trop.: communi feriat carmen triviale moneta,of the common stamp, in ordinary style,Juv. 7, 55: jam tempus est quaedam ex nostrā, ut ita dicam, monetā proferri,Sen. Ben. 3, 35, 1: nomina Graeca Latinā monetā percussa,of the Latin stamp,App. Mag. p. 298, 33.