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Money: derived from the Latin "moneta" which originally meant "warning" (as Juno Moneta was the goddess of warning).
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It only remains to add, that Du Cange, in his Glossary, does not enumerate the "money of St. Helena" under the word "moneta;" nor does he allude to the coins of St. Louis, which, according to Bozius, were endowed with similar properties.
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The shells, like what was unearthed in Yunnan, belong to the Cypraeetitris, Monetaria annulus, and Monetaria moneta species and, although they may have come from the southeast coastal areas via the Yangzi River, it is more likely that they arrived via the SSR, considering again the overwhelming challenge of navigating from South China Sea or the Indian Ocean to South or Southeast China.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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It comes from Latin moneta, the past participle feminine of the verb moneo 'to warn/to advice.'
Word meaning as a window into thought josh 2008
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It comes from Latin moneta, the past participle feminine of the verb moneo 'to warn/to advice.'
Archive 2008-02-01 josh 2008
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Carnes quas dabant non sufficiebant; nec inueniebamus aliquid venale pro moneta.
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Nec valet hic dominus defectum vllum pati pecuniæ, eò quòd in terra sua non currit moneta de argento, vel auro, alióue metallo, sed tantùm de corio vel papyro: horum enim forma denariorum signo Imperatoris impressorum preciatur minoris aut maioris valoris, secundum diuersitatem impressionis, qui per visitationem, detriti vel rupti, cùm ad Regis thesaurarios deferuntur, protinùs dantur pro illis noui.
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Quatuor considerantur in moneta aurea Anglica, qu� dicitur Nobile: scilicet Rex, Nauis gladius, & Mare: Qu� designant potestatem Anglicorum super Mare.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Carnes quas dabant non sufficiebant; nec inueniebamus aliquid venale pro moneta.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Nec valet hic dominus defectum vllum pati pecuni�, e� qu騞 in terra sua non currit moneta de argento, vel auro, ali髐e metallo, sed tant鵰 de corio vel papyro: horum enim forma denariorum signo Imperatoris impressorum preciatur minoris aut maioris valoris, secundum diuersitatem impressionis, qui per visitationem, detriti vel rupti, c鵰 ad Regis thesaurarios deferuntur, protin鵶 dantur pro illis noui.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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