μνᾶ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Aramaic 𐡌𐡍𐡄 (mnh), from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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μνᾶ (mnâf (genitive μνᾶς); first declension

  1. sum of money equivalent to a hundred drachmas
  2. weight equivalent to a hundred drachmas

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Latin: mina
  • Old Georgian: მნაჲ (mnay)

Further reading

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  • μνᾶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μνᾶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μνᾶ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Hoftijzer, J, Jongeling, K. (1995) Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 658a
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 69