Minerva

== English == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈnɜː.və/ (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈnɝ.və/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və ==== Proper noun ==== Minerva (plural Minervas) (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. (astronomy) 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid. (poetic) Wisdom. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Athena, Belisama, Artemis/Diana, Hestia/Vesta ===== Related terms ===== minerval ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian Minerva. ==== Proper noun ==== Minerva (plural Minervas) A surname from Italian. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Minerva is the 33810th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Minerva is most common among White (83.66%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Minerva”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594. === Anagrams === vermian == Czech == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɛrva] === Proper noun === Minerva f (Roman mythology) Minerva (Roman goddess) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Minerva”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Minerva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Latin == === Alternative forms === Menerva, Menrva (Old Latin) === Etymology === Perhaps inherited from Proto-Italic *Menezwā, from Proto-Indo-European *menesweh₂, extended from *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). The term may be compared to Sanskrit मनस्विन् (manasvín, “full of mind or sense”). However, Fortson doubts this comparison, arguing that the term is attested late and could be formed productively within Sanskrit. Another hypothesis by Clayton (2024) suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ménwr̥ (“thought”), from the same root above. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪˈnɛr.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈnɛr.va] === Proper noun === Minerva f (genitive Minervae); first declension (Roman mythology) Minerva, goddess of wisdom ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Coordinate terms ==== Belisama, Artemis/Diana, Vesta ==== Derived terms ==== Minervālis ==== Descendants ==== → English: Minerva (learned) → Etruscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (menerva) (from Old Latin Menerva) → French: Minerve (learned) → Japanese: ミネルウァ (learned) → Portuguese: Minerva (learned) → Spanish: Minerva (learned) === 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 “Minerva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-381 Clayton, John (2024). Minerva, caterva, & sonorant metathesis: Arguments against a sound law by Rix. East Coast Indo-European Conference, July 2, 2024, Athens, GA. Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2017), “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), volume 2, Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Italic, pages 838-839 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Mi‧ner‧va === Proper noun === Minerva f (Roman mythology) Minerva (goddess of wisdom) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈneɾba/ [miˈneɾ.β̞a] Rhymes: -eɾba Syllabification: Mi‧ner‧va === Proper noun === Minerva f (Roman mythology) Minerva a female given name from Latin === See also === Atenea