Minerva

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈnɜː.və/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪˈnɝ.və/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və

Minerva

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.
2. (astronomy) 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
3. (poetic) wisdom.

• (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Athena, Belisama, Artemis/Diana, Hestia/Vesta

Borrowed from Italian Minerva.

Minerva (plural Minervas)

1. A surname from Italian.

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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Minerva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.

• vermian

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɛrva]

Minerva f

1. (Roman mythology) Minerva (Roman goddess)

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

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”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /miˈner.u̯a/, [mɪˈnɛru̯ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈner.va/, [miˈnɛrvä]

Minerva f (genitive Minervae); first declension

1. Minerva, goddess of wisdom

First-declension noun.

• Belisama, Artemis/Diana, Vesta

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

• “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

Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan.

• Hyphenation: Mi‧ner‧va

Minerva f

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

• Atena

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”).

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

Minerva f

1. (Roman mythology) Minerva

• Atenea