Minerva

See also: minerva

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (mind) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas, mind), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, full of mind or sense)), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Minerva (plural Minervas)

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
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      In many works of this ſpecies, the hero is allowed to be mortal, and to become wiſe and virtuous as well as happy, by a train of events and circumſtances. The heroines, on the contrary, are to be born immaculate; and to act like goddeſſes of wiſdom, juſt come forth highly finiſhed Minervas from the head of Jove.
  2. (astronomy) 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
  3. (poetic) Wisdom.
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Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Minerva.

Proper noun

Minerva (plural Minervas)

  1. A surname from Italian.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Minerva is the 33810th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Minerva is most common among White (83.66%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɛrva]

Proper noun

Minerva f

  1. (Roman mythology) Minerva (Roman goddess)

Declension

Further reading

  • Minerva in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Minerva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *menesweh₂, extended from *ménos (mind) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, full of mind or sense)), from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Minerva f (genitive Minervae); first declension

  1. Minerva, goddess of wisdom

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Minerva Minervae
Genitive Minervae Minervārum
Dative Minervae Minervīs
Accusative Minervam Minervās
Ablative Minervā Minervīs
Vocative Minerva Minervae

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Descendants

  • English: Minerva
  • French: Minerve
  • Japanese: ミネルウァ (Mineruwa) (learned)
  • Portuguese: Minerva
  • Spanish: Minerva

References

  • Minerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Minerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Minerva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈnɛʁ.vɐ/ [miˈnɛɦ.vɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /miˈnɛɾ.vɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /miˈnɛʁ.vɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈnɛɻ.va/
 

  • Hyphenation: Mi‧ner‧va

Proper noun

Minerva f

  1. (Roman mythology) Minerva (goddess of wisdom)

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (mind) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, full of mind or sense)), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈneɾba/ [miˈneɾ.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɾba
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ner‧va

Proper noun

Minerva f

  1. (Roman mythology) Minerva
  2. a female given name from Latin

See also

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