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moneta.

money/coinage; die on which coin is struck, stamp; mint, temple striking coins;

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[mɔˈneː.ta]Classical-Latin[moˈnɛː.ta]
  1. mint, a place for coining money

    declension-1
  2. money, coinage

    declension-1
  3. abbreviation of monētārius (“moneyer, minter”), in its various forms

    Medieval-Latin · abbreviation · alt-of · declension-1 · historical
Where this word comes from

From Monēta, an Italian goddess conflated with Juno after her introduction (cf. evocatio) to Rome in 344 BC. Her temple was used by the Roman mint from 273 BC until it was destroyed by fire and moved to the Colosseum by Domitian in AD 84. The usual derivation—given by Cicero and the Byzantine Suda— is from monēre (“to warn, to advise”) + a variant of -īta, but for some it's more likely the earlier Italian goddess's name came from a form of Ancient Greek μονήρης (monḗrēs, “solitary, alone, unique”).

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