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μνοΐα

mnoia · ἡ

a class of serfs

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What it meant

μνοΐα · mnoia — LSJ

a class of serfs, vassals, Cretan serf

a class of serfs or vassals, in Crete, Scol. 28.5, Sosicr.Hist. 6, Str. 12.3.4, Hsch.:—hence μνοΐτης, also μνωΐτης, contr. μνῴτης, ου, ὁ, Cretan serf, Hermon ap. Ath. 6.267c, Poll. 3.83. (Cogn. with δμώς, cf. μεσόμνη for μεσόδμη.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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