English

Proper noun

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) Short for 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
3. (poetic) wisdom

Coordinate terms

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

Translations

Anagrams

• vermian

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /miˈner.wa/

Proper noun

Minerva f ‎(genitive Minervae); first declension

1. Minerva, goddess of wisdom

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: Minerva
• French: Minerve
• Portuguese: 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Minerva”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈnɛʁ.vɐ/

Proper noun

Minerva f

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

See also

• Atena

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈne̞ɾ.β̞a̠]

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Minerva f

1. (Roman mythology) Minerva

See also

• Atenea

Italian

Noun

minerva f ‎(plural minerve)

1. safety match