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|lshtext=<b>mĭna</b>: (mna, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 107), ae, f., = μνᾶ>.<br /><b>I</b> A Greek [[weight]] of a [[hundred]] Attic drachmas, a [[mina]], Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Ponder. 32 sq. —<br /><b>II</b> A Greek [[money]] of [[account]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.<br /><b>mĭna</b>: ae, f.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: mĭna, ae, f.: minam [[Aelius]] vocitatam ait mammam alteram [[lacte]] deficientem, [[quasi]] minorem factam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 122 Müll.

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