"Minerva" meaning in Latin

See Minerva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [mɪˈnɛr.wa] [Classical-Latin], [miˈnɛr.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Italic *menerwā, from Proto-Indo-European *menesweh₂, extended from *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). Compare Sanskrit मनस्विन् (manasvín, “full of mind or sense”). Another hypothesis by Clayton (2024) suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ménwr̥ (“though”), from the same root above. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*men- (think)}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*menerwā|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Italic *menerwā, {{inh+|la|itc-pro|*menerwā}} Inherited from Proto-Italic *menerwā, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*menesweh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *menesweh₂, {{cog|sa|मनस्विन्|t=full of mind or sense|tr=manasvín}} Sanskrit मनस्विन् (manasvín, “full of mind or sense”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*ménwr̥|t=though}} Proto-Indo-European *ménwr̥ (“though”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Minerva<1.both>}} Minerva f (genitive Minervae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Minerva<1.both>}} Forms: Minervae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Minerva [nominative, singular], Minervae [nominative, plural], Minervae [genitive, singular], Minervārum [genitive, plural], Minervae [dative, singular], Minervīs [dative, plural], Minervam [accusative, singular], Minervās [accusative, plural], Minervā [ablative, singular], Minervīs [ablative, plural], Minerva [singular, vocative], Minervae [plural, vocative], Menerva [alternative, Old-Latin], Menrva [alternative, Old-Latin]
  1. Minerva, goddess of wisdom Wikipedia link: la:Minerva (discretiva) Tags: declension-1, feminine Derived forms: Minervālis Coordinate_terms: Belisama, Artemis, Diana, Vesta
    Sense id: en-Minerva-la-name-La39-hOe Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Roman deities, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 26 2 3 10 5 24 24 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 2 4 13 4 24 23 2 3

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "en",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Minerva (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Minerva (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ett",
            "2": "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (menerva)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
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            "2": "Menerva"
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          "expansion": "Old Latin Menerva",
          "name": "m+"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from Old Latin <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">Menerva</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(from Old Latin Menerva)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (menerva) (from Old Latin Menerva)"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Minerve",
            "lbor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: Minerve (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Minerve (learned)"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "2": "ミネルウァ",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ミネルウァ (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ミネルウァ (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Minerva (learned)",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: Minerva (learned)"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Minerva (learned)",
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      "text": "→ Spanish: Minerva (learned)"
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "2": "मनस्विन्",
        "t": "full of mind or sense",
        "tr": "manasvín"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "3": "*ménwr̥",
        "t": "though"
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      "name": "inh"
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Minerva",
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    {
      "form": "Minervae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minervae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minervīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minervās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Minervā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "Old-Latin"
      ]
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      "form": "Menrva",
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        "alternative",
        "Old-Latin"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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          "orig": "la:Roman deities",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 2 3 10 5 24 24 2 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 2 4 13 4 24 23 2 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "word": "Belisama"
        },
        {
          "word": "Artemis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Diana"
        },
        {
          "word": "Vesta"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Minervālis"
        }
      ],
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        "Minerva, goddess of wisdom"
      ],
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          "Minerva",
          "Minerva#English"
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        "feminine"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[mɪˈnɛr.wa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[miˈnɛr.va]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "es:Gods",
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    },
    {
      "word": "Artemis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Diana"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vesta"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "descendants": [
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            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Minerva (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Minerva (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ett",
            "2": "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
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            "2": "Menerva"
          },
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          "name": "m+"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from Old Latin <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">Menerva</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(from Old Latin Menerva)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Etruscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (menerva) (from Old Latin Menerva)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Minerve",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: Minerve (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Minerve (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ミネルウァ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ミネルウァ (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ミネルウァ (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Minerva",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: Minerva (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: Minerva (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Minerva",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: Minerva (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: Minerva (learned)"
    }
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        "lit": "",
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "form": "Minervae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "Minerva",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "Minervae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "Minervārum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "Minervae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Minervīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Minervam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minerva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Minervae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Menerva",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Old-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Menrva",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Old-Latin"
      ]
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      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "Minerva<1.both>"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "la:Roman deities"
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      "glosses": [
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          "Minerva",
          "Minerva#English"
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        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
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        "la:Minerva (discretiva)"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɪˈnɛr.wa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[miˈnɛr.va]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Minerva"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.