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Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?

Sophocles, Antigone, 464-5

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Ar. and P. μνᾶ, ἡ. Worth ten minae, adj.: Ar. δεκάμνους.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĭna: (mna, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 107), ae, f., = μνᾶ>.
I A Greek weight of a hundred Attic drachmas, a mina, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq. —
II A Greek money of account.
   A The silver mina; this was of 100 Attic drachmae or Roman denarii (about $18.05 of our currency): argenti, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 16; id. Poen. 2, 21; 5, 5, 8 al.—Also absol.: mina, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 2; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22 al.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: minae bonae mala opera partae, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 144.—
   B Auri, the mina of gold, of five times the value of the silver one: alia opust auri mina, Plaut. Truc. 5, 44; id. Mil. 5, 27.
mĭna: ae, f.
I adj., smooth: mina ovis, smooth-bellied, with no wool on the belly: mina (id est ventre glabro), Varr R. R. 2, 2, 6: minae oves, a play on the double meaning of the word (v. 1. mina, II.), Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9.—
II Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam Aelius vocitatam ait mammam alteram lacte deficientem, quasi minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) mĭna,¹¹ æ, f. (μνᾶ), mine, poids de cent drachmes chez les Grecs : Plin. 12, 62 || mine d’or [monnaie grecque = 10 mines d’argent, 6e partie du talent] : Pl. Truc. 936 ; Mil. 1420 ; || mine d’argent [= 100 drachmes] : Pl. Trin. 403 ; Cic. Tusc. 5, 91 ; Off. 2, 56.
(2) mĭna, æ, f., mamelle tarie : P. Fest. 122.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) mina1, ae, f. (μνα), I) ein griech. Gewicht von 100 Drachmen, Plin. 12, 62; 21, 185; 35, 99 u. 107 D. Isid. orig. 16, 25, 21. Vulg. 3. regg. 10, 17: griech. Form mna, ae, f. (μνα), Plin. 21, 185 u. 35, 107. Vulg. 1. Esdr. 2, 69; 2. Esdr. 7, 72; Ezech. 45, 11 u. 1. Mach. 14, 24. – II) eine Rechnungsmünze, Einheit von 100 Drachmen, mina argenti, Plaut. asin. 396: gew. bl. mina, Plaut. trin. 403 u.a. Cic. de off. 2, 56; Tusc. 5, 91 u.a. Plin. 35, 107 ed. Jan (Detl. griech. Form mnas). – auch für Gold, mina auri, Plaut. mil. 1420.
(2) mina2, ae, f., die Metallader, im Bauernlatein, s. Schol. Bern. app. II. ad Verg. georg. 2, 166. p. 993 Hagen.
(3) mina3, s. 2. minus.

Spanish > Greek

διῶρυξ, διωρυχή, γεωφάνιον