Minerva en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /mɪˈnɜː.və/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /mɪˈnɝ.və/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva.
Meanings
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(Roman) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
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.
1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “Author’s Preface”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC:
- 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
- (poetic) Wisdom.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minervas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Athena (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Belisama (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Vesta (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Hestia (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Diana (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Artemis (Eternal Virgin Goddesses)
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Translations (15)
ar مِينِيرْفَا (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · la Minerva (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · fr Minerve (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · bg Мине́рва (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · ja ミネルバ (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · cs Minerva (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · hy Միներվա (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · eo Minervo (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · pl Minerwa (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · ru Мине́рва (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · cmn 彌涅耳瓦 /弥涅耳瓦 (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · pt Minerva (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · el Μινέρβα (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · or ମିନର୍ଭା (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts) · ko 미네르바 (goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts)