‖ mna
[Gr. µνᾶ: see mina1.]
= mina1.
1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 373 A halfe a Mna [mispr. Mua; corrected in Errata] of silver. 1737 Whiston Josephus, Of Jewish Weights & Meas. p. cl, Maneh, or Mna—100 Shekels in weight—21,900 grains Troy. Maneh, Mna, or Mina, as a coin = 60 shekels = 7. 10. 0. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. I. 444/2 The Greeks had a second pound of 16 physical ounces, called the mna, or mina. |