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|Text=See [[Athena]].
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|lnetxt=Minerva Minervae N F :: [[Minerva]], [[Roman goddess of wisdom]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Mĭnerva</b>: (old orthogr. [[Menerva]], [[like]] [[magester]], [[leber]], etc., acc. to Quint. 1, 4, 17), ae, f. from the [[root]] men, [[whence]] [[mens]], [[memini]], [[moneo]], etc.;<br /> v. [[infra]],<br /><b>I</b> a Roman [[goddess]], identified [[with]] the Grecian [[Pallas]] Athene, the [[daughter]] of [[Zeus]], and the [[goddess]] of [[wisdom]], of [[sense]] and [[reflection]], of the arts and sciences, of [[poetry]], and of [[spinning]] and [[weaving]]: [[Minerva]] dicta, [[quod]] [[bene]] moneat. Hanc [[enim]] pagani pro sapientiā ponebant; [[Cornificius]] [[vero]], [[quod]] fingatur pingaturque minitans armis, eandem dictam putat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 180; 3, 23, 59; Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.: daedala, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. daedalam, p. 68: [[Minerva]] nostra, [[custos]] urbis, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1: [[Minerva]] Iliensis, Ulp. Fragm. 22, 6: [[Aristoteles]] ... Minervam esse Lunam probabilibus argumentis demonstrat, Arn. 3, 31.—Prov.: pingui or crassā Minervā aliquid facere, [[without]] [[art]], [[skill]], or [[learning]], [[plainly]], [[rudely]], Col. 1 praef. § 33; Cic. Lael 5, 19: [[rusticus]] crassā Minervā, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3: invitā Minervā, [[contrary]] to the [[bent]] of one's [[genius]] or [[natural]] abilities, [[against]] the [[grain]], Hor. A. P. 385: [[quia]] [[nihil]] [[decet]] invitā, ut aiunt, Minervā, id est adversante et repugnante naturā, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 301: sus Minervam (docet), a [[stupid]] [[man]] [[will]] [[instruct]] a [[wise]] one, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18: [[omnis]] Minervae [[homo]], jack - of - alltrades, Petr. 43, 8: MINERVA MEDICA, i. e. [[medicina]], the [[goddess]] of [[health]], Inscr Rein. 11, 81: fecit ex ebore [[aeque]] Minervam, a [[statue]] of [[Minerva]], Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54. —Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[working]] in [[wool]], [[spinning]] and [[weaving]]: tolerare [[colo]] vitam tenuique Minervā ( = telā, lanificio), Verg. A. 8, 409; Ov. M. 4, 33; Prop. 2, 9, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To form the [[name]] of a [[place]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minervae Arx, v. [[Minervius]], II. B.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Minervae Promontorium, a [[promontory]] in [[Campania]], to the [[south]]-[[east]] of [[Surrentum]], the [[abode]] of the Sirens, [[now]] Punta della Capanella, Liv. 40, 18, 8; Ov. M. 15, 709.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mĭnerva</b>⁹ (arch. <b>Mĕnerva</b>, cf. Quint. 1, 4, 17 ), æ, f., Minerve, [identifiée avec [[Pallas]] des Grecs, fille de Jupiter] : invita [[Minerva]] Cic. Off. 1, 110, malgré Minerve, malgré les dispositions naturelles ; pingui [[Minerva]] Cic. Læl. 19 ; crassa [[Minerva]] Hor. S. 2, 2, 3, avec le gros bon sens &#124;&#124; travail de la laine : Virg. En. 8, 409 &#124;&#124; Minervæ [[promunturium]] Liv. 40, 18, 8, promontoire de Minerve [en Campanie].||travail de la laine : Virg. En. 8, 409||Minervæ [[promunturium]] Liv. 40, 18, 8, promontoire de Minerve [en Campanie].
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{{Georges
|georg=Minerva, ae, f. (etrusk. Menerfa od. Meurfa), eine römische [[Gottheit]], identitch [[mit]] der griechischen [[Ἀθήνη]], [[Tochter]] [[des]] Zeus, [[Göttin]] der [[Weisheit]], [[des]] Verstandes u. Nachdenkens, der Künste u. Wissenschaften ([[des]] Spinnens, Webens, der [[Poesie]] usw.), [[auch]] [[des]] Krieges, [[insofern]] er [[mit]] [[Einsicht]] geführt wird, Erfinderin [[des]] Öls u. der Bearbeitung der [[Wolle]] usw., [[Varro]] LL. 5, 74. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 53 u. 55. Ov. [[fast]]. 3, 815 sqq.: [[Minerva]] [[medica]], [[Göttin]] der Heilkunst, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 10133. – sprichw., crassā Minervā od. pingui, ut aiunt, Minervā, [[von]] od. [[mit]] derbem, schlichtem Hausverstande, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 2, 3. Cic. de amic. 19. Colum. 1. praef. 33: [[sus]] Minervam (docet), [[wenn]] [[ein]] Dummer [[einen]] Klugen [[belehren]] will, Cic. Acad. 1, 18: invitā Minervā alqd dicere, facere etc., [[ohne]] [[Geschick]], [[ohne]] [[Beruf]], Cic. de off. 1, 110. Hor. de art. poët. 385: [[non]] invitā Minervā, Cic. ep. 12, 25, 1: [[omnis]] Minervae [[homo]], er war in allen Sätteln [[gerecht]], er trieb's in [[jeder]] [[Weise]], Petron. 43, 8. – meton. (poet.) = [[Wollarbeit]] ([[Spinnen]], Weben usw.), Verg. Aen. 8, 409. Prop. 2, 9, 5 u. 4, 5, 23. Hor. carm. 3, 12, 5. Arnob. 5, 45. – / arch. Genet. Minerves, Fasti Philoc. im Corp. inscr. Lat. 1<sup>2</sup>. p. 260. – Nbf. [[Menerva]], Quint. 1, 4, 17. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1457; 14, 4105: Dat. Menervai, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1462. Dav.: a) Minervālis, e, die Mi nerva (d.i. [[Gelehrsamkeit]] u. [[Verstand]]) betreffend, artes, Tert. de spect. 11: M. [[munus]] = [[minerval]] (w. s.), [[Hieron]]. in epist. ad Ephes. 6, 4: [[magister]] M., [[Vorsteher]] [[des]] Minervadienstes, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 7462 u. 7565. – Plur. subst., Minervālia, ium, n., Festlichkeiten zu Ehren der [[Minerva]], Serg. comm. in Donat. 434, 32 K. – b) [[Minervius]], a, um, minervisch, cives Minervii, v. den Athenern, Arnob.: [[nomen]], der [[Minerva]], Arnob. – subst., [[Minervium]], iī, n., α) [[ein]] [[Tempel]] der [[Minerva]], [[Varro]] LL. 5, 47. Arnob. 6, 6. – β) [[Stadt]] u. [[Burg]] ([[arx]] Minervae, Verg. Aen. 3, 531) [[mit]] einem alten, [[ehemals]] [[reichen]] [[Tempel]] der [[Minerva]], südl. [[von]] [[Hydruntum]] in Kalabrien, [[Seehafen]], ältester [[Sitz]] der Salentiner, [[von]] den Römern 125 v. Chr. kolonisiert, j. Castro, [[mit]] dem [[Hafen]] Porto Badisco, Liv. 45, 16, 5. Vell. 1, 15, 4.
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