μνᾶ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mnâː/ → /mna/ → /mna/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mnâː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mna/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mna/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mna/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mna/

Noun

μνᾶ • (mnâ) f (genitive μνᾶς); first declension

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

Declension

First declension of ἡ μνᾶ; τῆς μνᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μνᾶ hē mnâ	τὼ μνᾶ tṑ mnâ	αἱ μναῖ hai mnaî
Genitive	τῆς μνᾶς tês mnâs	τοῖν μναῖν toîn mnaîn	τῶν μνῶν tôn mnôn
Dative	τῇ μνᾷ têi mnâi	τοῖν μναῖν toîn mnaîn	ταῖς μναῖς taîs mnaîs
Accusative	τὴν μνᾶν tḕn mnân	τὼ μνᾶ tṑ mnâ	τᾱ̀ς μνᾶς tā̀s mnâs
Vocative	μνᾶ mnâ	μνᾶ mnâ	μναῖ mnaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “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.
  • mina idem, page 529.
  • pound idem, page 630.
• 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