μνᾶ, ἡ,
genitive μνᾶς, nominative plural μναῖ, etc., always contracted in Attic dialect, as [[ “IG” 12.10.3, 22.1627.299, etc.] Refs]; Ionic dialect nominative plural μνέαι [[ “Schwyzer” 707 (Ephesus, 6th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.168, 6.79 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; accusative plural μνέας [[ “Schwyzer” [same place], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149, 180, +others, μνέ[ας] “IG” 12(5).123b (from Paros)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but accusative singular μνῆν [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.51; _genitive_ μνῆς [prev. author] 7.91; _genitive_ _plural_ μνέων [prev. author] 2.22 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; nominative plural μνέες falsa lectio for{μνέαι} in [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 48 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—mina,
__I as a weight, = [[ 100 drachmae, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.76, etc., compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.59, 86. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II as a sum of money, also = [[ 100 drachmae, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Semitic word, cf. Hebrew māneh.)