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mĭna | mna (noun F) = μνᾶ: (, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 107), , , = .
* A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq.
* A Greek money of account.
* The silver mina; this was of 100 Attic drachmae or Roman denarii (about $18.05 of our currency): argenti,Plaut. As. 2, 3, 16; id. Poen. 2, 21; 5, 5, 8 al.—Also absol.: mina,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 2; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22 al.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: minae bonae mala opera partae,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144.
* Auri, the mina of gold, of five times the value of the silver one: alia opust auri mina,Plaut. Truc. 5, 44; id. Mil. 5, 27.
* A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq.
* A Greek money of account.
* The silver mina; this was of 100 Attic drachmae or Roman denarii (about $18.05 of our currency): argenti,Plaut. As. 2, 3, 16; id. Poen. 2, 21; 5, 5, 8 al.—Also absol.: mina,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 2; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22 al.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: minae bonae mala opera partae,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144.
* Auri, the mina of gold, of five times the value of the silver one: alia opust auri mina,Plaut. Truc. 5, 44; id. Mil. 5, 27.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
mĭna | mĭna, ae (noun F.f) :
* Adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly: mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.),Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.
* Subst.: , , : minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.
* Adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly: mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.),Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.
* Subst.: , , : minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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