μνᾶ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • 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)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 69
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