μνᾶ,ἡ, gen.μνᾶς, nom. pl.μναῖ, etc., always contracted in Att. , as IG 12.10.3 , 22.1627.299 , etc.; Ion. nom. pl.
A.
μνέαι
Schwyzer 707
(Ephesus,vi B. C.), Hdt. 2.168 , 6.79 ; acc. pl.μνέας Schwyzerl. c., Hdt. 2.149 , 180 , al.,μνέ[ας] IG 12(5).123b (Paros); but acc. sg. μνῆν
Herod. 2.51
; gen. μνῆς
Id. 7.91
; gen. pl. μνέων
Id. 2.22
; nom. pl.μνέες
f.l. for μνέαι in Luc. Syr.D. 48 :—mina,
I. asa weight,=
100 drachmae, D. 22.76 , etc., cf. Poll. 9.59 , 86 .
II. asa sum of money, also=
100 drachmae, Antipho 5.63 , etc. (Semitic word, cf. Hebr.māneh.)