I.gen. Monetas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. moneo.
I. The mother of the Muses, a transl. of the Gr. Μνημοσύνη: Μνημοσύνη Moneta, Gloss. Philox.; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; Hyg. Fab. praef.: filia Monetas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.—
II. A surname of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined: cum terrae motus factus esset, Ut sue plena procuratio fieret, vocem ab aede Junonis ex arce exstitisse; “quocirca Junonem illam appellatam Monetam,” Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; cf. id. Phil. 7, 1, 1; Liv. 7, 28, 4; Ov. F. 1, 638; 6, 183; Val. Max. 1, 8, 3; Lact. 2, 7, 11: “ubi nunc aedes atque officina Monetae est,” Liv. 6, 20, 13.—
B. Transf.
1. The place for coining money, the mint: ad Philotimum scripsi de viatico, sive a moneta, sive ab Oppiis, i. e. taken from the mint or borrowed from the Oppian usurers, Cic. Att. 8, 7, 3; Sid. Carm. 23, 41: “monetae officinator,” master of the mint, Inscr. Orell. 3227: “monetae aequator,” ib. 3228.—
2. Coined money, coin, money (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “victaque concedit prisca moneta novae,” Ov. F. 1, 222: “nigrae, i. e. aereae,” Mart. 1, 100, 13; Paul. Sent. 5, 25, 1: “falsam monetam percussisse,” id. ib. 5, 12, 12: “probata,” Vulg. Gen. 23, 16.—
3. A stamp or die for coining money: “a novā monetā,” of a new stamp, Mart. 12, 55, 8.—Hence, trop.: “communi feriat carmen triviale moneta,” of the common stamp, in ordinary style, Juv. 7, 55: “jam tempus est quaedam ex nostrā, ut ita dicam, monetā proferri,” Sen. Ben. 3, 35, 1: “nomina Graeca Latinā monetā percussa,” of the Latin stamp, App. Mag. p. 298, 33.
