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Definition of 'mina'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) maina'' "starling", from (etyl) ''madana .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) mina, from (etyl)
Noun
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(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
* 1989 , C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato?s Apology of Socrates , page 174 ,
- What then of the actual fine of thirty minae' Socrates proposes? Thirty ' minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years? wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a libary of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras? book is any guide (26d6-e2).
(historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.
* 1999 , Andrew George, translating Gilgamesh , VI:
- Thirty minas' of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two ' minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.
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Similar to 'mina'mama, mana, mania, mona, mamma, myna, myoma, manna, momma, munia, mauma
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