moneta Latin · revision 7423

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [mɔˈneː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [moˈnɛː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''monēta''' ''f'' (genitive monētae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[Monēta]], a cult title of Juno at Rome, near whose temple on the Capitol money was coined.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) The usual derivation of the name, given by Cicero and the Suda, is from [[moneō]] “to warn”, but the OLD suggests an Etruscan origin, and others a Greek word for “unique”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Livius Andronicus used ⟨Monēta⟩, with the archaic genitive ⟨Monētās⟩, to translate Mnemosyne, mother of the Muses, by association with ⟨moneō⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation for the mint is from Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the temple of Moneta where money was coined, then any mint, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) In Juvenal it meant the die from which coins were struck, also figuratively the stamp of something, and in Ovid coinage, money.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary notes the mint was in her temple from 273 BC until the building burned and the mint moved under Domitian.^(Wiktionary) Döderlein explains that ''pecūnia'' is money collectively, ''nummus'' a coin.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant the right of coining and a mintage due.^(Niermeyer 1976) Through Old French ''monoie'' it gave [[en|money]] in the mid-13th century, and through West Germanic *munita and Old English ''mynet'' it gave [[en|mint]] “place where money is coined”.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''moneta'' and Romanian ''monedă''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses ''Monēta'' for Mnemosyne.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 273 BC – The mint is set up in the temple of Juno Moneta.^(Wiktionary)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the mint.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of money.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-13th century – English ''money'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|mint]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A die for striking coins; a stamp.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Coinage, [[m|en|money]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The right of coining.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[monētālis]]

+ * [[monētārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[moneō]]

+ * [[pecūnia]]

+ * [[nummus]]

+ * [[en|money]]

+ * [[en|mint]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ As a proper name, ''Monēta'' was a cult title of Juno, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}