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Minerva

Minerva

goddess of handicrafts

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Densest 12 of 92 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Minerva — de Vaan

Minerva 'goddess of handicrafts' [f. a] (VOLat (menrva, menerva Veii, 6th c, menerva CIL 2498 Praeneste, PL+) Derivatives: minerval [n.] 'fee for tuition' (Varro), Minervius 'of Minerva' (Varro-*-), — [de Vaan, s.v. Minerva, p. 394]

2. Mĭnerva — Lewis & Short

Mĭnerva (old orthogr. Menerva, like magester, leber, etc., acc. to ae, f.from the root men, whence mens, memini, moneo, etc.; v. infra,

Quint. 1, 4, 17),
I a Roman goddess, identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene, the daughter of Zeus, and the goddess of wisdom, of sense and reflection, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving: Minerva dicta, quod bene moneat. Hanc enim pagani pro sapientiā ponebant; Cornificius vero, quod fingatur pingaturque minitans armis, eandem dictam putat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 180; 3, 23, 59; Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.: daedala, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. daedalam, p. 68: Minerva nostra, custos urbis, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1: Minerva Iliensis, Ulp. Fragm. 22, 6: Aristoteles ... Minervam esse Lunam probabilibus argumentis demonstrat, Arn. 3, 31.—Prov.: pingui or crassā Minervā aliquid facere, without art, skill, or learning, plainly, rudely, Col. 1 praef. § 33; Cic. Lael 5, 19: rusticus crassā Minervā, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3: invitā Minervā, contrary to the bent of one's genius or natural abilities, against the grain, Hor. A. P. 385: quia nihil decet invitā, ut aiunt, Minervā, id est adversante et repugnante naturā, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 301: sus Minervam (docet), a stupid man will instruct a wise one, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 18: omnis Minervae homo, jack - of - alltrades, Petr. 43, 8: MINERVA MEDICA, i. e. medicina, the goddess of health, Inscr Rein. 11, 81: fecit ex ebore aeque Minervam, a statue of Minerva, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54. —Transf.
A A working in wool, spinning and weaving: tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minervā ( = telā, lanificio), Verg. A. 8, 409; Ov. M. 4, 33; Prop. 2, 9, 5.—
B To form the name of a place.
1 Minervae Arx, v. Minervius, II. B.—
2 Minervae Promontorium, a promontory in Campania, to the south-east of Surrentum, the abode of the Sirens, now Punta della Capanella, Liv. 40, 18, 8; Ov. M. 15, 709.

3. Minerva — Walde–Hofmann

Minerva, alat. (Leumann-Stolz5 58), fal, (CILI* 365) und praen. Menerva, pil. Minerva „Göttin des Handwerks und der gewerblichen Kunstfertigkeit ; Heilgottheit als Schutzpatronin der Árzte; Schirmherrin der Burg* (=?Adrhvn unter Hervorhebung einiger speziellen Rigenschaften, s. Wissowa Rel.? 252ff., Altheim RE. 15, 1774ff. Röm. RG.1 23; seit Enn. [auch „Insekt“ Pol. Silv.], minerval n. „Geschenk des Schülers für den … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Minerva, p. 996]

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. Minerva (scan p. 394; entry #1053).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Minerva (scan pp. 996-997; entry #1769).

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