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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[mina]], weight and a sum of money = 100 drachmes (IA.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-ᾶς</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">-ῆς</b>) etc., Ion. pl. <b class="b3">μνέαι</b><br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">μναδάριον</b> (Diph. Com.), prob. for <b class="b3">*μνᾳδ-άριον</b> from <b class="b3">*μνᾳ-διον</b>, <b class="b3">-μνα-ΐδιον</b> (<b class="b3">ζῳδ-άριον</b> : <b class="b3">ζῴ-διον</b>; not right Schwyzer 471); <b class="b3">μνα-αῖος</b>, <b class="b3">μναῖος</b> <b class="b2">weighing, worth a m.</b> (com., X., Arist.), <b class="b3">-ϊαῖος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Arist., hell.), <b class="b3">-ϊεῖον</b> n. golden coin = 1 silver-rmina (pap.); on <b class="b3">-ιαῖος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιεῖος</b> Chantraine Form. 49 a. 53<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Sem. (Aegean ? Schwyzer 64) LW [loanword]; cf. Hebr. [[māne]], Accad. [[manū]] name of a weight. From <b class="b3">μνᾶ</b> Lat. [[mina]]. Skt. <b class="b2">manā́</b> f. name of a golden ornament (RV 8, 78,2) remains far; but NPers. [[man]] as a weight might belong here, s. Mayrhofer s.v. - Fur. 380 connects <b class="b3">μνάσιος</b>\/<b class="b3">ν</b> and assumes an Anatolian cultural term.