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δῐ-μναῖος

dimnaios

worth, costing two minae, at two minae

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Where it lives

Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

δῐ-μναῖος · di-mnaios — LSJ

worth, costing two minae, at two minae, weight of two minae

worth or costing two minae, δίμνεως (v.l. διμναίας) ἀποτιμήσασθαι to value at two minae, Hdt. 5.77; δ. τιμήσασθαί τι Arist. Oec. 1347a23; μισθώματα διμναῖα Luc. DMeretr. 14.4:—also δῐ-μνους, ουν, Ph. Bel. 69.13: Subst. δίμνουν, τό, weight of two minae, IG 2(2).1013.55.

In the wild

διμναῖον · dimnaion Aristotle, Economics 1347a (DIORISIS sentence 160)
διμναῖον · dimnaion Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 47)
δίμνεως · dimneōs Herodotus, Histories 5.77.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5864)

Where it came from

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