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μνᾶ

mna

mina

Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μνᾶ, ἡ, gen. μνᾶς, nom. pl. μναῖ, etc., always contracted in Att., as IG 12.10.3, 22.1627.299, etc.; Ion. nom. pl. μνέαι Schwyzer 707 (Ephesus, vi B. C.), Hdt. 2.168,6.79; acc. pl. μνέας Schwyzer l. c., Hdt. 2.149,180, al., μνέ[ας] IG 12(5).123b (Paros); but acc. sg. μνῆν Herod. 2.51; gen. μνῆς Id. 7.91; gen. pl. μνέων Id. 2.22; nom. pl. μνέες f.l. for μνέαι in Luc. Syr.D. 48:—A. mina, I. as a weight, = 100 drachmae, D. 22.76, etc., cf. Poll. 9.59,86. II. as a sum of money, also = 100 drachmae, Antipho 5.63, etc. (Semitic word, cf. Hebr. māneh.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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