Minerva
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (“mind”) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas, “mind”), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, “full of mind or sense”)), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈnɜː.və/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈnɝ.və/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və
Proper noun
[edit]Minerva (plural Minervas)
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
- 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “Author’s Preface”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC:
- In many works of this ſpecies, the hero is allowed to be mortal, and to become wiſe and virtuous as well as happy, by a train of events and circumſtances. The heroines, on the contrary, are to be born immaculate; and to act like goddeſſes of wiſdom, juſt come forth highly finiſhed Minervas from the head of Jove.
- (astronomy) 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
- (poetic) Wisdom.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Minerva.
Proper noun
[edit]Minerva (plural Minervas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Minerva is the 33810th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Minerva is most common among White (83.66%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Minerva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Minerva f
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Minerva”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Minerva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *menesweh₂, extended from *ménos (“mind”) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, “full of mind or sense”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miˈner.u̯a/, [mɪˈnɛru̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈner.va/, [miˈnɛrvä]
Proper noun
[edit]Minerva f (genitive Minervae); first declension
- Minerva, goddess of wisdom
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Minerva | Minervae |
Genitive | Minervae | Minervārum |
Dative | Minervae | Minervīs |
Accusative | Minervam | Minervās |
Ablative | Minervā | Minervīs |
Vocative | Minerva | Minervae |
Coordinate terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: Minerva
- → French: Minerve
- → Japanese: ミネルウァ (Mineruwa) (learned)
- → Portuguese: Minerva
- → Spanish: Minerva
References
[edit]- “Minerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Minerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Minerva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Mi‧ner‧va
Proper noun
[edit]Minerva f
See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (“mind”) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, “full of mind or sense”)), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Minerva f
- (Roman mythology) Minerva
- a female given name from Latin
See also
[edit]- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Etruscan
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)və
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)və/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Roman deities
- English terms with quotations
- en:Astronomy
- English poetic terms
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- en:Asteroids
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Roman deities
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Latin terms derived from Etruscan
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Roman deities
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Etruscan
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Roman deities
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Etruscan
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾba
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾba/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Roman mythology
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Spanish female given names from Latin
- es:Gods
- es:Roman deities