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μνα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μνα

Structure: μν (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a weight, =
  2. a sum of money, l., s., d.

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • παμπόλλου δ’ ἐπιπράσκετο Ἀθήνησιν ἡ τοῦ μύρου κοτύλη, καὶ ὡσ μὲν Ἵππαρχόσ φησιν ἐν Παννυχίδι, ε’ μνῶν, ὡσ δὲ Μένανδροσ ἐν Μισογύνῃ, ι’ Ἀντιφάνησ δ’ ἐν Φρεαρρίῳ στακτῆσ τοῦ μύρου μνημονεύων φησίν στακτὴ δυοῖν μναῖν οὐκ ἀρέσκει μ’ οὐδαμῶσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 441)
  • τῶν γὰρ οἰκετῶν ὁ μέν που δυοῖν μναῖν ἄξιόσ ἐστιν, ὁ δὲ οὐδ’ ἡμιμναίου, ὁ δὲ πέντε μνῶν, ὁ δὲ καὶ δέκα· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 5 3:2)
  • οἱ γὰρ μνᾶν προτελέσαντεσ ἐγγὺσ δυοῖν μναῖν πρόσοδον ἕξουσι, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν πόλει, ὃ δοκεῖ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἀσφαλέστατόν τε καὶ πολυχρονιώτατον εἶναι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 12:2)
  • πρῶτον μὲν φύλακεσ ἔστωσαν τῶν νόμων, ἔπειτα τῶν γραμμάτων ὧν ἂν ἕκαστοσ ἀπογράψῃ τοῖσ ἄρχουσι τὸ πλῆθοσ τῆσ αὑτῶν οὐσίασ, πλὴν ὁ μὲν μέγιστον τίμημα ἔχων τεττάρων μνῶν, ὁ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον τριῶν, ὁ δὲ τρίτοσ δυοῖν μναῖν, μνᾶσ δὲ ὁ τέταρτοσ. (Plato, Laws, book 6 24:3)

Synonyms

  1. a weight

  2. a sum of money

Related

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

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