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|lshtext=<b>Mŏnēta</b>: ae (archaic<br /><b>I</b> gen. Monetas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [[moneo]].<br /><b>I</b> The [[mother]] of the Muses, a transl. of the Gr. Μνημοσύνη: Μνημοσύνη [[Moneta]], Gloss. Philox.; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; Hyg. Fab. praef.: [[filia]] Monetas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[surname]] of [[Juno]], in whose [[temple]] at [[Rome]] [[money]] [[was]] [[coined]]: cum terrae [[motus]] [[factus]] esset, Ut [[sue]] plena [[procuratio]] fieret, vocem ab aede Junonis ex arce exstitisse; [[quocirca]] Junonem illam appellatam Monetam, Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; cf. id. Phil. 7, 1, 1; Liv. 7, 28, 4; Ov. F. 1, 638; 6, 183; Val. Max. 1, 8, 3; Lact. 2, 7, 11: ubi [[nunc]] [[aedes]] [[atque]] [[officina]] Monetae est, Liv. 6, 20, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[place]] for coining [[money]], the [[mint]]: ad Philotimum scripsi de viatico, [[sive]] a moneta, [[sive]] ab Oppiis, i. e. taken from the [[mint]] or borrowed from the Oppian usurers, Cic. Att. 8, 7, 3; Sid. Carm. 23, 41: monetae [[officinator]], [[master]] of the [[mint]], Inscr. Orell. 3227: monetae aequator, ib. 3228.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Coined [[money]], [[coin]], [[money]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): victaque concedit prisca moneta novae, Ov. F. 1, 222: nigrae, i. e. aereae, Mart. 1, 100, 13; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 1: falsam monetam percussisse, id. ib. 5, 12, 12: [[probata]], Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[stamp]] or [[die]] for coining [[money]]: a novā monetā, of a [[new]] [[stamp]], Mart. 12, 55, 8.—Hence, trop.: communi feriat [[carmen]] triviale moneta, of the [[common]] [[stamp]], in [[ordinary]] [[style]], Juv. 7, 55: jam [[tempus]] est quaedam ex nostrā, ut ita dicam, monetā proferri, Sen. Ben. 3, 35, 1: nomina Graeca Latinā monetā percussa, of the Latin [[stamp]], App. Mag. p. 298, 33.
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