Minae
[mɪ'ni:]
Definition
(pl. ) of Mina
Editor: Sharon
Examples
- He must have made, therefore, by each course of lectures, a thousand minae, or ? 3335:6:8. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A thousand minae, accordingly, is said by Plutarch, in another place, to have been his didactron, or usual price of teaching. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Isocrates himself demanded ten minae, or ? 33:6:8 from each scholar. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Four minae were equal to thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence; five minae to sixteen pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Sharon