Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διμναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διμναῖος διμναῖη διμναῖον

Structure: διμναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/s, mna=

Sense

  1. worth or costing two minae, at two minae

Examples

  • ὅτῳ δὲ μὴ ἦν κτῆμα μηθέν, τὸ σῶμα διμναῖον τιμήσασθαι. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 34:1)
  • δάπιδασ δὲ καὶ ὁρ́μουσ καὶ διμναῖα μισθώματα οὐ πάντεσ ἔχομεν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:6)
  • τὰσ γὰρ ἀνατεθείσασ ὑπὸ Κροίσου τοῦ Λυδῶν βασιλέωσ χρυσᾶσ πλίνθουσ, οὔσασ ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι διταλάντουσ, κατέκοψεν εἰσ νόμισμα, φιάλασ δὲ χρυσᾶσ τριακοσίασ καὶ ἑξήκοντα διμναίουσ καὶ λέοντα χρυσοῦν καὶ γυναῖκα, τριάκοντα ταλάντων χρυσοῦ σταθμὸν ἀγόντων τῶν πάντων· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 56 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. worth or costing two minae

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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