minan.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪnə/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪnə/

Forms: Middle English– mina, 1600s myna, 1700s minah. Plural Middle English– minas, 1600s minaes, 1600s mines, 1600s mynaes, 1600s–1700s 1900s– minae.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mina.

Etymology: < classical Latin mina < ancient Greek μνᾶ mna n. Compare Middle French, French mine (1562). Compare maneh n.

Ancient History.

1. A monetary unit formerly used in Greece and the Middle East, equivalent to the weight of one mina in silver. (Rendered ‘pound’ in some English translations of the New Testament.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in ancient Greece, Asia Minor, etc.

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siglos1911

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Hebrew or Israeli coins

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 73 Mna is a certeyn wiȝte and valewe.]

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vi. xvii. 77/1 The noble man called his servauntes. and betooke them ten Minas.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vi. xvii. 77/2 Loe Lorde thy Mina hath made ten Minas.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 490 A tallent of siluer, two & fifty Minas [etc.].

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 242 Each supper stood him in a hundred Mynaes of gold, each mina or dina, in our money valuing six and twenty shillings and eight pence.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 39 He [sc. Protagoras] was the first that took a hundred minæ for a gratuity.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. xxxiv. 312 He was presently awarded ten Attick Mines [Fr. dix mines Attiques].

1737 W. Whiston in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. p. cl Maneh, Mna, or Mina, as a coin = 60 Shekels.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 166 Four minæ were equal to thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 37/2 [Ezekiel] tells us that the minah or maneh was valued at 60 shekels.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxiii. 296 Cyrus had promised them a largess of five minas a-piece.

1845 P. Smith in W. Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Ant. at Talentum The [Attic] mina was 4l. 1s. 3d... The Aeginetan mina was, according to the existing coins, 5l. 14s. 7d.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. liv. 390 He gave them, each, only a mina, one hundred drachmæ.

1974 P. Erdman Silver Bears 8 The King, Ahasuerus, paid out 10,000 talents of silver to Haman. A talent equalled sixty minas.

1988 K. Logan Paganism & Occult (BNC) 125 Jesus makes this clear in the parable of the ten minas.

2. (a) A unit of weight formerly used in the Middle East, esp. in Mesopotamia and Palestine, and in Egypt. (b) A unit of weight formerly used in ancient Greece, equal to 1/60th of a talent and 100 drachmas.The Mesopotamian mina was normally equivalent to 1/60th of a talent and 60 shekels (though mina of 50 shekels have been reported). The Biblical and Mesopotamian mina had two forms: a light mina (of about 17.3 oz, 490 grams), and a heavy mina (of about 34.6 oz, 980 grams). Various ancient Greek minas have been recorded, including the Aegina mina (of about 21.9 oz, 622 grams), and the Attic mina (of about 15.4 oz, 437 grams).In some quots. sense 1 is also implied.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in ancient Greece, Asia Minor, etc.

talentc893

scriplea1382

minaa1398

mnaa1398

statera1398

mina1495

shekel1560

siglos1911

a1398 [see sense 1].

1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f.50 First Mina which y^e Greeks call Mna..are of diuers sortes, for some are Romain others Attique.

1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World II. sig. Av^v/1, Catal. Words Mna or Mina, was a Roman weight, which poised twentie ounces, that is to say, the ordinarie pound..& two third parts:..so that Mina seemed to answere unto the measure Sextarius.

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Mina or Mna, a weight, answering to Libra, that is to say, a pound.

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 487 It weighed 72 Attic Minas.

1845 P. Smith in W. Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Ant. at Talentum Another standard of the talent, which was used in commercial transactions,..the mina of which was called the commercial mina... This mina is mentioned..as weighing 138 drachmae.

1903 19th Cent. Aug. 271 The Babylonian ordinary mina was equal to 982·4 grammes. Sixty minae made one talent.

1959 E. Pound Thrones xcvi. 13 The stathmon shd / hold 30 litras and the mina, as it is called, shd / be 3.

1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 126/2 The more complex stone-thrower formula stated, in modern terms, that the diameter of the cord bundle in dactyls..is equal to 1.1 times the cube root of 100 times the weight of the ball in minas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mina
释义	minan. Brit. /ˈmʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪnə/ Forms: Middle English– mina, 1600s myna, 1700s minah. Plural Middle English– minas, 1600s minaes, 1600s mines, 1600s mynaes, 1600s–1700s 1900s– minae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mina. Etymology: < classical Latin mina < ancient Greek μνᾶ mna n. Compare Middle French, French mine (1562). Compare maneh n. Ancient History. 1. A monetary unit formerly used in Greece and the Middle East, equivalent to the weight of one mina in silver. (Rendered ‘pound’ in some English translations of the New Testament.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in ancient Greece, Asia Minor, etc. talentc893 scriplea1382 minaa1398 mnaa1398 statera1398 mina1495 shekel1560 siglos1911 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek obolOE drachmc1384 mnamc1400 dramc1440 mina1495 groat1526 didrachm1548 drachma1579 obolus1579 tetradrachm1579 obole1598 philippic1651 stater1685 tetrobol1693 tridrachm1771 pentadrachm1827 triobol1837 octadrachm1848 decadrachm1856 lepton1877 dodecadrachm1881 diobol1887 trihemiobol1887 distater1895 hemiobol1921 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Hebrew or Israeli coins ounceOE siclec1230 scriplea1382 mnamc1400 silverling1526 gerah1534 shekel1560 cichar1597 maneh1611 zuz1688 mina1737 mna1737 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 73 Mna is a certeyn wiȝte and valewe.] 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vi. xvii. 77/1 The noble man called his servauntes. and betooke them ten Minas. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vi. xvii. 77/2 Loe Lorde thy Mina hath made ten Minas. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 490 A tallent of siluer, two & fifty Minas [etc.]. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 242 Each supper stood him in a hundred Mynaes of gold, each mina or dina, in our money valuing six and twenty shillings and eight pence. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iii. 39 He [sc. Protagoras] was the first that took a hundred minæ for a gratuity. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. xxxiv. 312 He was presently awarded ten Attick Mines [Fr. dix mines Attiques]. 1737 W. Whiston in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. p. cl Maneh, Mna, or Mina, as a coin = 60 Shekels. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. x. 166 Four minæ were equal to thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence. View more context for this quotation 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 37/2 [Ezekiel] tells us that the minah or maneh was valued at 60 shekels. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxiii. 296 Cyrus had promised them a largess of five minas a-piece. 1845 P. Smith in W. Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Ant. at Talentum The [Attic] mina was 4l. 1s. 3d... The Aeginetan mina was, according to the existing coins, 5l. 14s. 7d. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. liv. 390 He gave them, each, only a mina, one hundred drachmæ. 1974 P. Erdman Silver Bears 8 The King, Ahasuerus, paid out 10,000 talents of silver to Haman. A talent equalled sixty minas. 1988 K. Logan Paganism & Occult (BNC) 125 Jesus makes this clear in the parable of the ten minas. 2. (a) A unit of weight formerly used in the Middle East, esp. in Mesopotamia and Palestine, and in Egypt. (b) A unit of weight formerly used in ancient Greece, equal to 1/60th of a talent and 100 drachmas.The Mesopotamian mina was normally equivalent to 1/60th of a talent and 60 shekels (though mina of 50 shekels have been reported). The Biblical and Mesopotamian mina had two forms: a light mina (of about 17.3 oz, 490 grams), and a heavy mina (of about 34.6 oz, 980 grams). Various ancient Greek minas have been recorded, including the Aegina mina (of about 21.9 oz, 622 grams), and the Attic mina (of about 15.4 oz, 437 grams).In some quots. sense 1 is also implied. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > units in ancient Greece, Asia Minor, etc. talentc893 scriplea1382 minaa1398 mnaa1398 statera1398 mina1495 shekel1560 siglos1911 a1398 [see sense 1]. 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f.50 First Mina which y^e Greeks call Mna..are of diuers sortes, for some are Romain others Attique. 1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World II. sig. Av^v/1, Catal. Words Mna or Mina, was a Roman weight, which poised twentie ounces, that is to say, the ordinarie pound..& two third parts:..so that Mina seemed to answere unto the measure Sextarius. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Mina or Mna, a weight, answering to Libra, that is to say, a pound. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 487 It weighed 72 Attic Minas. 1845 P. Smith in W. Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Ant. at Talentum Another standard of the talent, which was used in commercial transactions,..the mina of which was called the commercial mina... This mina is mentioned..as weighing 138 drachmae. 1903 19th Cent. Aug. 271 The Babylonian ordinary mina was equal to 982·4 grammes. Sixty minae made one talent. 1959 E. Pound Thrones xcvi. 13 The stathmon shd / hold 30 litras and the mina, as it is called, shd / be 3. 1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 126/2 The more complex stone-thrower formula stated, in modern terms, that the diameter of the cord bundle in dactyls..is equal to 1.1 times the cube root of 100 times the weight of the ball in minas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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